DEBORAH MARCHINI, CNN ANCHOR: Time now to get a look at the Asian trading for the day. Tokyo was closed, but there a lot going on. And I am joined now by Dalton Tanonaka in Hong Kong to tell us a little bit more -- Dalton.</s>DALTON TANONAKA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Deborah. As you say, it was a quiet day of trading around this region. For one thing, markets -- all markets in Japan and China were closed for public holidays -- elsewhere, sentiment indecisive -- Hong Kong's Hang Seng closing slightly weaker -- no direction there. Global banking giant HSBC, though, took a big hit -- its share price tumbling nearly 4 percent after a report that it will attempt a multibillion share secondary offering. In South Korea, profit taking kept the blue-chip KOSPI in negative territory for most of this day. But late-afternoon buying helped lift prices to a slightly firmer close. But tech stocks couldn't gain momentum and the KOSDAQ closed down 1.25 percent. Still, technology shares helped spark a rally in Taiwan -- investors there cheered by the rally of the U.S. Nasdaq. That drove the TAIEX up nearly 2 percent. And that is the limited business day here in Asia -- back to you, Deborah, in New York.</s>MARCHINI: All right, Dalton, thanks so much. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Tech Stocks Impact Taiwan, But Not Korea