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Tokyo, Japan (AFP) –Tokyo stocks opened marginally lower on Wednesday in the absence of foreign investors for the holiday season, after US shares finished a sleepy holiday-shortened session mostly lower. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index slid 0.03 percent or 7.15 points to 23,823.43 in early trade, while the broader Topix index was down 0.03 percent or 0.45 points at 1,727.77. “After the US market ended mixed, the Japanese market is seen moving range-bound,” Toshiyuki Kanayama, senior […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks opened lower on Monday, weighed down by investor caution over US trade tensions with Canada and China. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 0.21 percent or 48.60 points to 22,816.55 in early trade while the broader Topix index was also down 0.21 percent or 3.64 points at 1,731.71. After American markets closed mixed on Friday, news emerged that US-Canada talks ended without an agreement on rewriting the North American […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s benchmark Nikkei index slipped Tuesday in response to Wall Street’s technology sell-off, with market heavyweight SoftBank falling for a second day. United States technology giants including Apple and Netflix Monday suffered another bruising session in New York which analysts attributed to profit-taking. “The upward trend in earnings for US technology companies isn’t likely to change, but with those stocks in for a speedy correction, it’s hard to buy their Japanese […]
