DAVID HAFFENREFFER, CNN ANCHOR: Time now to get a check on how the Asian markets fared over night.</s>CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN ANCHOR: And for that, let's turn it over to Janine Graham, in Hong Kong.</s>JANINE GRAHAM, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, David and Christine. Well, Asian markets ended lower. The Tokyo Nikkei slipped half a percent, dragged lower by wireless giant NTT DoCoMo; the stock lost more than two percent on Friday. And DoCoMo who's come under pressure since it announced it will be releasing as many as 460,000 new shares -- and most analysts say the offering price is likely to be set on Monday at a discount of thee to five percent of that day's closing price. Well, the Hong Kong Hang Seng dipped half a percent, with rate- sensitive stocks like property and financials mixed. Analysts say the rate cut was already factored into the market. But Taiwan emerged as the region's big winner. The TAIEX jumped 2 1/2 percent, breaking through the key 6,000 point level for the first time in more than two months. And buoying investor sentiment were interest rate cuts and signs that political tensions sparked by the possible construction of a fourth nuclear power plant were easing. And that wraps up the trading day here in Asia -- back to you, David and Christine.</s>HAFFENREFFER: All right, Janine, thank you very much.
Asian Market Update: Stocks Ended Lower Last Night