21.   In Hong Kong, share prices closed mixed as turnover sank to its lowest of the year.

22.   In Singapore, shares closed broadly mixed in fairly heavy trading, with moderate retail buying of blue-chip stocks.

23.   In Hong Kong, share prices closed mixed after two straight days of sharp declines.

24.   In Hong Kong, share prices closed mixed for the second straight day.

25.   In Tokyo, share prices closed mixed as major institutional investors held back to watch fiscal year-end earnings reports.

26.   In Tokyo, share prices closed mixed in active trading.

27.   In Singapore, share prices closed mixed as investors were sidelined by worries about the drop on Wall Street.

28.   Indonesian share prices closed mixed.

29.   In Tokyo, share prices closed mixed as many investors held back while Parliament wrangled over the national budget.

30.   In Tokyo, share prices closed mixed as the U.S. currency stabilized in the afternoon after plunging against the Japanese yen in the morning.