1.   Restaurant stocks also reacted to generally mixed earnings.

2.   Prices on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange closed generally mixed Thursday after three straight days of gains.

3.   Asian markets closed generally mixed Thursday, with share prices plunging on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in thin trading.

4.   Asian stock markets closed generally mixed Friday, with share prices rising in Tokyo for the fourth straight day.

5.   Asian stock markets closed generally mixed Friday, with the key index rising in Tokyo but falling in Hong Kong.

6.   Asian stock markets closed generally mixed Monday, with prices slumping in Taipei but surging in Bangkok.

7.   Asian stock markets closed generally mixed Monday, with prices slumping in Tokyo but rising in Hong Kong.

8.   Asian stock markets closed generally mixed Monday, with share prices rising in Tokyo for the fourth straight session.

9.   Asian stock markets closed generally mixed Thursday, with both share prices and the U.S. dollar falling in Japan.

10.   Asian stock markets closed generally mixed Thursday, with share prices rebounding in Tokyo because of the rise of the U.S. dollar against the Japanese yen.