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Asian shares sour

AFP, Hong Kong
Asian markets slipped Thursday as cautious investors weighed the prospect of more grim corporate earnings against increasing evidence of a worsening global recession, dealers said.
The downward slide in Asia followed a roller-coaster session on Wall Street which closed 1.09 percent lower overnight in reaction to a weaker-than-expected report on US home sales and details of the Obama administration's bank rescue.
TOKYO: Down 0.04 percent. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 3.29 points to 7,457.93.
Toyota Motor shed 2.8 percent to 3,130 yen, Sony fell 2.7 percent to 1.635 and Canon slipped 2.2 percent to 2,450.
"Japan’s manufacturing sector as a whole may record a fiscal year loss," warned S & P analyst Takahira Ogawa. "The business climate for Japanese corporations is deteriorating dramatically amid a sharp decline in demand forproducts."
HONG KONG: Down 0.9 percent. The benchmark Hang Seng Index dropped 110.14 points to 12.894.94.
Ping An dropped 2.4 percent on the local market to 38 Hong Kong dollars, while China Life fell 2 percent to 22.35, as insurers were hit by falls in their A-share investments.
SYDNEY: Up 0.5 percent. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 gained 18.0 points to 3,345.5.
ANZ Banking Group gained 4.4 percent to 13.05, Commonwealth Bank lifted 2.3 percent to 29.80, National Australia Bank picked up one percent to 17.51 and Westpac extended 2.9 percent to 16.65.
Gold stocks lost ground, as Newcrest Mining slipped 4.1 percent to 30 dollars and Lihir eased 2.4 percent to 3.27.
SHANGHAI: Down 3.87 percent.The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell
85.32 points to 2,121.25.
Hua Xia Bank fell 4.1 percent to 8.82 yuan while China Minsheng Bank dropped 4.1 percent to 4.63.
China Merchants Bank dropped 4.4 percent to 14.27.
Property developers fell on disappointment over a lack of a government stimulus plan for the sector.
TAIPEI: Up 0.55 percent. The weighted index finished up 24.82 points at 4,518.56.
Formosa Epitaxy Inc, a maker of lightemitting diodes, rose 2.7 percent at 16.2. Cathay Financial dropped 2.2 percent at 28.50.
SEOUL: Down 1.1 percent. The benchmark KOSPI index fell 12.29 points to 1,054.79 points.
SINGAPORE: Up 0.04 percent. The main Straits Times Index gained 0.65 points to 1,617.44.
Earlier the government said the economy, already in a recession, contracted 4.2 percent in the fourth quarter ended December, worse than the initial estimate of 3.7 percent.
KUA1A LUMPUR: Down 0.3 percent. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index fell 3.09 points to 893.42 in thin trade.
BANGKOK: Down 0.53 percent. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite index fell 2.30 points to 431.94.
JAKARTA: Down 0.8 percent. The Jakarta Composite Index slipped 9.79 points to close at 1,290.32 in thin trade.
MANILA: Down 0.4 percent. The composite index fell 6.72 points to 1,880.38.
Mcralco was up 8.8 percent to 86.50 pesos while First Philippine Holdings Corp, rose 2.4 percent to 21.25.
Philippine Long Distance Telephone fell 0.2 percent to 2,165 while Bank of the Philippine Islands dropped 2.8 percent to 34.0.
MUMBAI: Up 0.59 percent. The 30-share Sensex index rose 52.3 points to 8,954.86.