jedoch ausser Korea wegen Defizite der Banken durch Scheckbetrug und faule Kredite und Japan aus ähnlichen Gründen und wegen Technologieschwäche durch Texas Instruments sind die Südasiatischen Börsen stabil
Japan's stock benchmarks fell for a second day, led by computer-related shares such as NEC Corp., after Texas Instruments Inc. said fourth-quarter profit will miss analyst forecasts as orders drop.
Texas Instruments, whose semiconductors powered half the mobile phones sold last year, said after the U.S. market close that fourth-quarter profit will be about 2 cents a share, excluding some costs, and sales will fall 10 percent from the third quarter to about $2.02 billion.
It was expected to earn 11 cents on sales of $2.32 billion,
``Texas Instruments' results were bad enough to wipe away all the confidence in a recovery,'' said Yutaka Miura, a market analyst
South Korea's Kospi index dropped 2.2 percent, led by Kookmin Bank. Lenders may post record-low fourth-quarter profits because of more credit-card delinquencies and an inability to get rid of bad loans,
Crude oil fell to a six- week low, extending a 4.2 percent decline yesterday after U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell signaled the U.S. might agree a compromise over Iraq that may avert a war with the oil producer.
Crude oil for November delivery fell as much as 28 cents, or 1 percent, to $28.09