Nikkei Edges Down by Close
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Tokyo's Nikkei average gave up 0.17  percent by the close on Thursday as techs such as Hitachi Ltd.  followed their U.S. rivals lower after investment bank Goldman  Sachs noted a slowdown in technology spending.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average edged down 0.18 percent at the opening on Tuesday as its biggest one-day rise in four months in the previous session prompted profit-taking on recent gainers, such as banks and brokers.
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Tokyo stocks edged down by Tuesday  afternoon as a two-day rally ran out of steam, with investors  locking in profits in real estate and retailers ahead of a  batch of earnings reports from leading U.S. firms.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average fell 0.4 percent to a six-week closing low on Tuesday, marking an eight-day losing streak, after oil prices topped &#36;50 a barrel, fanning concern over the business outlook for Japanese companies.
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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 growth data was weaker than  expected.
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Japan's Nikkei share average edged down by midsession on Monday after erasing opening gains as investor caution over the yen's rise offset optimism about the post-election outlook for Wall Street.
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Japan's Nikkei share average fell 0.4  percent to a six-week closing low on Tuesday, marking an  eight-day losing streak, after oil prices topped $50 a barrel,  fanning concern over the business outlook for Japanese  companies.
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Japan's Nikkei average slipped 1.11 percent on Wednesday to its lowest finish in nearly two weeks, hurt by a tumble in U.S. stocks and a stronger yen by offering to buy a further 25 percent stake in the ailing chip maker for $1.25 billion.
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TOKYO (CBS.MW) -- The Nikkei Average edged down by midday Tuesday as tech stocks fell on profit-taking, but the declines were limited by extended gains in banking issues.
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Japan's Nikkei share average fell nearly  one percent on Tuesday after the dollar's retreat below 103 yen  put pressure on exporters such as Sony Corp.
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Japan's Nikkei average closed lower on  Thursday, snapping a three-day gaining streak, as profit-taking  hit auto makers and other exporters that had attracted buyers  on the back of extended gains on Wall Street.
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Japan's Nikkei ended down half a percent  on Friday as caution set in ahead of U.S. jobs data and banks  and drug firms succumbed to profit-taking.
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Japanese stocks edged lower by midsession  on Friday as selective stocks bounced back on bargain hunting,  cushioning selling of tech stocks triggered when Sony Corp. cut  its operating profit estimate.
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Japan's Nikkei average fell around 0.8  percent by mid-afternoon on Tuesday after industrial output  data sapped investor appetite for tech issues and profit-taking  hit recent gainers such as Nippon Steel Corp.
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Tokyo&#39;s Nikkei edged down 0.33 percent Monday, falling for a seventh straight session in its longest losing streak since December 2002 as worries about oil prices and weaker business sentiment plagued the market.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average gave up 0.17  percent by the close on Thursday as tech issues such as Canon  Inc. followed their U.S. rivals lower after a downgrade of the  sector by investment bank Goldman Sachs.
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The Nikkei average nudged down 0.04   percent on Friday as investors took profits in recent gainers   such as Toshiba Corp. 6502.T, although trade was relatively   slow ahead of a closely watched U.S. jobs report.