DAVID HAFFENREFFER, CNN ANCHOR: Well, Japanese stocks fell overnight. Time now to take a look at the Asian markets.</s>DEBORAH MARCHINI, CNN ANCHOR: Here's Dalton Tanonaka, in Hong Kong. Hi, Dalton.</s>DALTON TANONAKA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Deborah; good morning, David. Investor attention in this part of the world focused more on tech jitters than on the Greenspan comments. First to Seoul: It ended its first day back from a thee-day Lunar New Year break with steep losses, non-Korean investors dumping heavyweight Samsung Electronics, taking the KOSPI down 5 1/2 percent and the KOSDAQ nearly four percent, Samsung tumbling 12 percent in all. Tokyo also marched in line with the Nasdaq. The Nikkei fell three-quarters of one percent, its fourth straight losing day. Tech giant NEC fell four percent. A government report showed the steepest annual drop in nationwide consumer prices since the current method of calculation was adopted in 1971. The abrupt resignation of Philippine Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado after the Manila market closed on Thursday had little impact this trading day. Investors also discounted the release of GDP growth numbers for the year 2000: They came in near projections, at 3.9 percent -- the Manila Composite closing nearly one percent firmer after a seesaw day in which bargain hunters targeted blue chips. That's the Asian trading day, all markets return to action next week. Back to you in New York, Deborah and David.</s>MARCHINI: All right, thanks, Dalton.
Asian Market Update: Investors Look to Techs Rather Than Greenspan