wwwPosted Jun 12th 2008 3:56AM by Douglas McIntyre
Filed under: International markets, China, Toyota Motor Corp. (TM), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Japan, China Life Insurance ADS (LFC)
A number of markets in Asia were down 2% or more lead by the Shanghai Composite which is off 45% since the beginning of the year, according to MarketWatch.
In Japan, the Nikkei dropped 2.1% to 13,888.6. Sony (NYSE:SNE) was down 2.8% to 5,130 yen. Toyota (NYSE:TM) was off 2.7% to 5,400.
The Hang Seng fell 1.7% to 22,925.31. China Life (NYSE:LFC) fell 2.4% to 28.40 yuan. China Petroluem (NYSE:SNP) dropped 2.7% to 7.39.
Data from Reuters.
Douglas A. McIntyre is an editor at 247wallst.com.
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