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Thursday's Asia ADR Recap: Simcere Pharma

05/09/08 - 05:28 PM EDT

TSC Staff

Indian mining company Sterlite Industries SLT, the Orissa government and Orissa Mining Corporation have been asked by the Indian Supreme Court to file an affidavit to jointly form a special purpose vehicle (SPV), according to livemint.com. The purpose of the SPV will be to absorb the financial costs of social and environmental safeguards for the areas affected by the bauxite mining project in Orissa. Shares of Sterlite fell 2.5% to $20.40.

The only bright spot among Indian ADRs Friday was the technology complex. Sify Technologies SIFY traded up 2.3% to $4.80; Satyam Computer SAY added 1.9% to $26.02; WNS WNS rose 1.5% to $18.04; and Patni Computer Systems PTI finished up 1.2% at $12.81.

Be sure to check out the Far East Portfolio at Stockpickr.com every night to find out which stocks in India and China are making big moves and announcing major news.

China Recap

Chinese stocks finished in the red Friday after the producer price index, which is widely used as an inflation indicator, hit a three-year high at 8.1% for April. Fearing that even worse inflation data could be released on Monday, when China is due to report its April CPI data, Far East investors dumped equities going into the weekend.

"Investors want to see whether the central bank will take any further tightening measures in light of what the figures show," said Patrick Shum, strategist at Karl Thomson Securities in Hong Kong.

Traders said that major market players will be watching the 25,000 level on the Hang Seng for critical support. A break of that level with volume could bring out more sellers.

This article was written by a staff member of TheStreet.com.

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