DEBORAH MARCHINI, CNN ANCHOR: Tokyo and Hong Kong markets closed lower.</s>DAVID HAFFENREFFER, CNN ANCHOR: Dalton Tanonaka sums up the day in Asia from our studios in Hong Kong. Hi, Dalton.</s>DALTON TANONAKA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, David. Good morning, Deborah. Asian markets took the Bush presidential win in stride, in fact, just about overlooking it. The trading focus instead with more on tech weakness. In Japan, Compaq Computer's profit warning spread gloom that pushed the Nikkei average below 14000; stock prices there more than 1 1/2 percent lower at 14927, hurting hopes that an eight- month downward trend was about to be broken. Internet investor Softbank lost 8 1/2 percent after an 11 percent jump the previous session. Losses in China's largest mobile phone operator led Hong Kong's Hang Seng index down. It closed eight-tenths of a percent lower at 15496, China Mobile losing nearly 2 percent. But hopes of lower interest rates next year lifted property issues and stemmed the fall. Taiwan saw a five-session win streak end, prices hurt by the Nasdaq fall. Investors sent the tech-heavy Taiwan Weighted Price Index down more than 1 percent to close at 5320, short-term investors cashing in. And that is the business day here in Asia. Back to you in New York, David and Deborah.</s>HAFFENREFFER: Dalton, the dollar's trading at about 112 1/2 yen at the moment. What is that telling investors in Japan about other investors outside of Japan?</s>TANONAKA: David, U.S. investors in Tokyo have been net sellers of securities in the past few months. No confidence in the economy there. A couple reasons. One, seasonal factor, folks are locking in year-end profits. Two, the political turmoil is so overwhelming there with the prime minister's popularity rating so low that no clear strategy is coming out for turning the economy around from government. So worries remain in that financial market -- David and Deborah.</s>HAFFENREFFER: All right, Dalton, thank you very much. Dalton Tanonaka.
Tokyo, Hong Kong Markets Close Lower on Tech Weakness