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Asia markets mixed; Nikkei slides despite rate cut
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-10-31 17:23
In Tokyo, Honda Motor Co. fell 13 percent to 2523 yen, Mitsubishi UFJ Finance was down 5.4 percent at 598 yen and Sony Corp. was down 2.2 percent at 2280 yen.
Oil fell below $65 a barrel in Asian trade with light, sweet crude for December delivery down $1.94 to $64.02 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange by Friday afternoon in Singapore.
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