Nikkei Share Average Down 1 Percent
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The Nikkei share average was down 1 percent in early trading on Friday, with investors taking their cue from the Dow Jones industrial average, which fell to its lowest close in five weeks on concern about high oil prices.
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Japan's Nikkei average was down 0.19  percent by mid-morning on Tuesday, the first trading day of  2005, as investors grabbed profits in Mizuho Financial Group  and other major banks that had made strong gains late last  year.
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Tokyo's Nikkei stock average ended down  almost one percent on Thursday after surprisingly weak  machinery orders data jolted investor confidence in Japan's  economic outlook and triggered selling across the board.
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Japan&#39;s Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell 138.20, or 1.3 percent, to 10,718.93 at 9:02 am in Tokyo. The broader Topix index lost 12.
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Tokyo's Nikkei fell nearly 1 percent to a  one-month low by Thursday afternoon as stocks like NEC Corp.  dropped after disappointing earnings from U.S. companies fanned  concern over profit trends and sent Wall Street lower.
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The Nikkei average posted its biggest   one-day fall in a month on Thursday, dropping 1.67 percent to a   one-week low after concerns about U.S. interest rates hurt   shares of exporters and Sony Corp. reported production delays   for its new video game console.
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Tokyo&#39;s Nikkei average opened down 0.58 percent on Tuesday with technology issues such as Advantest Corp. leading the way, hit by a drop in their US rivals and unexpectedly weak production data at home.
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The Nikkei share average rose 1.4 percent  by midsession on Thursday as investors took weak domestic  output data in their stride and flocked to recently battered  stocks, inspired by a steep fall in oil prices.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average opened down 0.25 percent on Monday as investors locked in profits on gainers such as insurers and real estate firms following the market's recent rise.
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The Nikkei share average closed down 0.38  percent on Wednesday as exporters such as Honda Motor Co. met  profit-taking, and real estate firms and others dependent on  domestic demand sank after weaker than expected growth data.
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The Nikkei average hit a one-month   closing low on Tuesday, declining 0.48 percent as a fall in   commodities prices stoked worries about global demand, hitting   stocks sensitive to the economic cycle such as steel makers.
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Japan's Nikkei fell almost 1 percent by  midday on Tuesday after poor industrial output data sapped  investor appetite for tech issues and as profit-taking hit  recent gainers such as Nippon Steel Corp.
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The Nikkei fell 1 percent by midsession on Wednesday as investors sold a broad range of shares, extending losses from the day before when poor Japanese industrial output data put a damper on the economy's outlook.
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Japan's Nikkei share average slipped 0.58  percent on Monday morning after a weak U.S. jobs report kept  the dollar near a five-year low against the yen, hurting the  shares of Japanese exporters.
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Japan&#39;s Nikkei average sank 1.69 percent to below the key 11,000 mark by mid afternoon on Friday with stocks across the board losing ground after the government surprised the market by revising down economic growth figures.
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The Nikkei average fell 1 percent by midsession on Tuesday as auto makers declined following a rise in crude oil to another record high, and as the yen&#39;s rise against the dollar stoked concern over exporters&#39; earnings.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average opened down 0.07 percent on Friday following lackluster trade on Wall Street and as investors wound down trading ahead of a long weekend in Japan and bookclosings for the first half of the business year.