Nikkei Snaps 9-Day Fall
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Tokyo's Nikkei average rose 0.35 percent on Thursday, snapping a nine-day slide on a technical bounce in major exporters, but it ended the April-September fiscal first half down 7.61 percent.
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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 average fell 1.05 percent on Wednesday on a tumble in U.S. stocks and a stronger yen, and investors sold a wide range of stocks including high-tech exporters such as Sony Corp. that had led the market's recent rally.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average fell 0.9 percent  by mid-morning on Tuesday and was on course for an eighth day  of losses as a broad range of stocks wilted after oil prices  spiked to $50 a barrel and U.S. stocks made more losses.
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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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Tokyo's Nikkei average edged down by the  close on Friday with the market only slowly recovering from  disappointment over machinery orders data a day earlier.
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The Nikkei average fell 1.2 percent by  midsession on Friday as broad-ranged selling was prompted by  Thursday's fall on Wall Street due to concern about high oil  prices.
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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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Japanese shares reversed opening gains to  fall 0.69 percent by midsession on Wednesday after early buying  of exporters, inspired by a rise on Wall Street after an  increase in U.S. interest rates, ran out of steam.
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TOKYO - Tokyo stocks ended narrowly mixed Monday, with the TOPIX stock barometer closing a touch higher and extending its winning streak to the 10th straight session â-ts longest rising streak in 14 years â -le the Nikkei stock index fell slightly
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Japanese stocks edged down on Tuesday, taking the Nikkei average down 0.4 percent as concerns about domestic demand in the wake of an unexpected drop in capital spending led to selling in lacklustre trade, though shares in bridge makers bucked the trend.
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The Nikkei average dipped 0.37 percent by the close on Wednesday as some major banks, including UFJ Holdings Inc., reversed gains made after Japan&#39;s state turnaround body approved
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Japan's Nikkei average fell for a fifth straight day to hit a one-month closing low on Wednesday as key exporters and techs such as Kyocera Corp. extended losses on renewed caution about the country's economic outlook.
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TOKYO - Tokyo stocks plunged Monday morning as a series of deadly earthquakes Saturday in Niigata Prefecture and a tumble in US shares last Friday prompted widespread selling, pushing the benchmark Nikkei index to a 10-week intraday low.
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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 stock average fell 0.38  percent by mid-morning on Wednesday as investors took a  breather from the market's recent rises and sold shares of  gainers such as Sharp Corp.
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The Nikkei average fell 0.37 percent on   Tuesday, retreating from a three-month high a day earlier as   investors took profits on Honda Motor Co. 7267.T and other   blue-chip exporters on a stronger yen.