Asia Markets 10/3/2008 (TM)(PTR)
October 3, 2008 by Douglas A. McIntyre
Markets in Asia were sharply lower and Shanghai was closed.
The Nikkei fell 1.9% to 10,938. According to Reuters, Toyota (TM) hit a three-year low and Nissan hit a seven-year low. Kyocera was off over 3%. Canon was down almost 5%.
The Hang Seng dropped 2.4% to 17.767. Petrochina (PTR) fell over 4% and CNOOC was off nearly as much.
Data from Reuters.
Douglas A. McIntyre
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