The Asian indices continue to drift lower.The Nikkei has declined 1% (145 points) to 15,240. The Hang Seng is down nearly 0.5% (71 points) at 15,902.The Seoul Composite index has shed 2.6% to $1268, and the Shanghai Compisite has dropped 1.9% to 1647.The Straits Times and Taiwan Weighted indices are also down over 1% each at 2366 and 6644, respectively.
