War 派手に宣伝するs keep Asian 神経s taut

By Ray ヒース／荒れ地
Updated: 00:00 BST, 10 February 2003

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NERVES stayed stretched in Asian 株式市場s today as 大統領 Bush's 警告 to Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein that the game was over 納得させるd 投資家s the countdown to war has begun in Washington.

在庫／株s in Japan moved 辛うじて ahead. In Hong Kong, where 株 in telecoms group PCCW were 一時停止するd, 株 記録，記録的な／記録するd modest 前進するs. Most other markets stayed soft as 塀で囲む Street continued to 攻撃する，衝突する short-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 lows and prospects of higher oil prices depressed 感情.

US 在庫／株s fell to four-month lows on Friday, as some 伸び（る）s on 比較して good 失業 人物／姿／数字 were wiped out by 関心s over the approaching 衝突.

The Dow Jones 産業の 普通の／平均（する） lost 0.8%, toe be at its lowest since 10 October. The Nasdaq also 攻撃する，衝突する 中央の-October lows, 負かす／撃墜する 1.5%.

PCCW 株 slipped five cents to HK$5.90 in 早期に 貿易（する）ing before 取引，協定s were 一時停止するd at the company's request ahead of an 告示 推定する／予想するd to throw light on its 意向s over the UK's Cable & Wireless.

消極的な reaction to PCCW's designs on C&W sent its 株 負かす／撃墜する from HK$6.30 last week. PCCW 社債s also slid today after Moody's 投資家s Service on Friday placed the company on watch after its 確定／確認 that it made a 企て，努力，提案 approach to C&W. The 産する／生じる on its Baa1 率d PCCW-HKTC 問題／発行する 広げるd from 2.66% to 3.00%.

In subdued 貿易（する）ing, the Hang Seng 索引 辛勝する／優位d up 5.41 points to 9156.36, led by a 穏やかな 決起大会／結集させる in 株 of HSBC Holdings, which have 苦しむd from war 恐れるs, but today 追加するd 25 cents at HK$82.25.

貿易（する）ing slowed in Tokyo ahead of a public holiday tomorrow, with 会・原則s 辞退するing to take positions. 解除するd by some special 状況／情勢s, the Nikkei 225 普通の／平均（する） インチd up 36.77 points to 8484.93. Banks' 在庫／株s were mixed, Mizuho Holdings 伸び（る）ing some support from 小売 投資家s looking for 取引s. Mitsubishi Tokyo 財政上の Group lost 1% after the nation's third largest 貸す人 said it was 準備するing to tap 全世界の markets for up to $3.4bn (£2bn).

Japanese 投資家s were also 安心させるd by 調印するs that the country's 輸出（する）s continued to 停止する. December 人物／姿／数字 showed a 16% 伸び（る） which left the total 改良 over the year at 6.2%,while the 全体にわたる 貿易（する） 黒字／過剰 was 37.5% ahead year on year. A ぱたぱたするing of the yen on foreign 為替市場s also 上げるd 在庫／株s of 輸出業者s such as Canon and Honda.

South Korea's market remained in the 前線 line of geopolitical 関心s as the US 発表するd it was putting 爆撃機s on stand-by に引き続いて North Korea's 姿勢 of over its 核の programme. Losses were tempered compared with last week, but the Kospi 索引 dipped 1.01 points to 576.47, led by Korean 空気／公表する, which 急落（する），激減（する）d 4% on worries about rising jet 燃料 prices.

Taiwan's 科学（工学）技術 在庫／株s were 攻撃する，衝突する by 落ちるing 半導体素子 prices and the 負わせるd 普通の／平均（する） 索引 fell 91.50 points to 4643.87.

落ちるs in major blue-半導体素子s pulled Sydney's All Ordinaries 索引 負かす／撃墜する 15.90 points to 2870.20. News 会社／団体, 負かす／撃墜する 1.8%, and BHP Billiton, off 0.5%, were の中で the 重要な 死傷者s. The 海峡s Times 索引 in Singapore fell 7.64 points to 1277.77, while Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur 合成物 was 負かす／撃墜する 2.45 points at 658.80.

Thailand's SET 索引 dipped 1.45 points to 377.50, but in Indonesia the Jakarta 合成物 追加するd 0.36 points at 394.99.