Nikkei slips on confidence report
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Japanese stocks slipped Friday in erratic trading after a key central bank survey showed confidence at Japanese companies fell to its lowest level in more than two years.
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Tokyo'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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MUMBAI: Japan&#39;s Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell for the first day in four after brokerages cut their ratings on the companies, citing concern that earnings growth may slow.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average started a  holiday-shortened week slightly down on Tuesday, falling for a  fourth straight session as brokers and banks fell again on  recent domestic data showing signs of a slowdown in some key  areas.
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The Nikkei average inched down by midsession on Tuesday as investors took a breather from recent speedy gains that were helped by a better result than expected in the Bank of Japan's "tankan" survey.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average dipped 0.2 percent  by mid-afternoon on Tuesday as growing worries over the  domestic economic outlook hit banks and insurers, offsetting  gains in shipping firms and other companies with bright  earnings prospects.
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Tokyo's Nikkei stock average fell 1.21  percent by the close on Wednesday as investors took a breather  from the market's recent rises and sold shares of gainers  including tech issues, such as Canon Inc.
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Tokyo's Nikkei share average closed  slightly lower on Friday, as lingering disappointment over  recent statistics showing weakness in the economy weighed on  issues such as broker Nomura Holdings
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Japan's Nikkei stock average dipped 1.06  percent to a one-month closing low on Wednesday, 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 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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Tokyo's Nikkei was down 0.26 percent by  late trade on Wednesday although it recovered slightly from  earlier lows as selling was curbed amid growing views that the  market has fallen too far too fast.
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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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Business News, TOKYO - Japan&#39;s Nikkei average fell 0.69 percent by mid-afternoon on Thursday as a fall in the dollar further weakened investor confidence over company earnings, prompting selling on exporters such as Canon Inc.
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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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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.
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Japan's Nikkei share average was lower at  midsession on Monday as caution over the yen's rise offset  optimism about the post-election outlook for Wall Street.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average fell 0.21 percent  at the opening on Monday as some tech stocks dropped amid  investor caution about earnings.