DEBORAH MARCHINI, CNN ANCHOR: Time now to get a check of the Asian market trading. And we can tell you it was affected by what happens to Cisco. Dalton Tanonaka joins me live from Hong Kong with a look now -- hi, Dalton.</s>DALTON TANONAKA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Deborah. Corporate earnings fears here in Asia and in the U.S. helped pull down most markets in this region: the Nikkei in Tokyo falling for the second straight session; investors unloading stocks across the board; the index falling nearly 1.5 percent on moderate volume. After the Tokyo markets closed, though, the country's leading mobile phone operator, NTT DoCoMo, reported very strong fiscal year earnings. It ran up $3 billion in profits, mostly due to strength in its mobile Internet services. The total surpassed most expectations. The company is saying profits should continue to grow throughout this new fiscal year. Investors in Hong Kong were optimistic, grabbing interest rate sensitive stocks on hopes of deeper rate cuts next week in the</s>U.S: the Hang Seng firming three-tenths of 1 percent. In Seoul, though, selling picked up in afternoon trading as investment houses unloaded stocks ahead of the expiration of options this week. The KOSPI tumbled more than 2 percent to close just off session lows: the tech-leading KOSDAQ sliding more than 3.25 percent. Those are the market numbers here in Asia -- back to you, Deb, in New York.</s>MARCHINI: Tough session, Dalton, thank you.
Corporate Earnings Fears Impact Asian Markets