Japan's Nikkei Stock Average traded down 0.66% or 57.59
and ended trade at 8,664.58. The slight decline can be explained by investors' anxiety
regarding Friday's summit and Germany's announcement it will not support two
bailout funds. Main losers were Japanese exporters as US Dollar dropped against Japanese Yen. Honda Motor Co. lost 1.8%, and Mitsubishi Motors
Corp. declined 3.2%. On the upside were Olympus Corp. gaining 4.43% and carbon
producer Tokai Carbon added 4.92%.