Japan Stocks End Slightly Lower
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Japanese stocks edged lower on Wednesday  as investors moved to lock in profits in machinery issues such  as Fanuc Ltd., offsetting gains made by some exporters on solid  earnings by high-profile U.S. firms.
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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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Japanese stocks edged lower by midday on Monday with confidence in the domestic economic outlook failing to offset profit-taking that hit recent gainers such as insurers and telecom stocks including KDDI Corp.
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Japanese stocks declined by mid morning on Thursday, led by exporters such as Canon Inc. after the dollar's fall to its lowest in over a month against the yen raised concerns about companies' revenue from overseas sales.
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Tokyo stocks ended slightly lower on  Friday as worries about record-high oil prices took the edge  off investors' appetite for recently battered technology issues  such as Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.
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Japan's Nikkei average ended down half a  percent on Friday as caution set in ahead of U.S. jobs data due  later in the day, with banks and drug firms succumbing to  profit-taking.
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Japanese stocks fell mildly on Tuesday morning, with exporters dropping because of a slight rise in the yen.
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Tokyo&#39;s main stock index edged slightly lower in morning trading Friday as investors took profits from gains the day before. The US dollar was down against the Japanese yen.
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Japanese shares edged lower by midsession  on Friday but selective stocks bounced back on bargain hunting,  cushioning selling of tech issues triggered by a cut in Sony  Corp.'s operating profit estimate.
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Japan's Nikkei share average fell for a  second straight session on Tuesday, closing 0.99 percent lower  after the dollar's retreat below 103 yen put pressure on  exporters such as Sony Corp.
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Asian stock markets closed mostly lower Monday, with prices falling in Tokyo on profit-taking. Tokyo&#39;s Nikkei Stock Average of 225 issues shed 77.
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TOKYO - Stocks opened slightly lower Tuesday on the Tokyo Stock Exchange following sharp gains the previous day that led the benchmark Nikkei stock index to post its second-largest point gain this year.
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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 they had made after approval by Japan's state turnaround body of a restructuring plan for troubled retailer Daiei Inc.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average lost 0.85 percent  to a three-week closing low on Thursday as a fall in the dollar  further weakened investor confidence in company earnings,  driving exporters such as Honda Motor Co. down.
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Tokyo&#39;s Nikkei average closed 3 points lower on Monday as strength in bank shares helped offset losses in chip stocks and in travel firms, which were sold after Sunday&#39;s devastating earthquake and tsunami in Asia.
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Tokyo shares ended lower on Wednesday,  with chip-related stocks such as Tokyo Electron Ltd. tracking  losses in their U.S. peers after a brokerage downgrade for  computer maker Dell Inc.
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Japanese stocks fell slightly Tuesday, with exporters dropping because of a slight rise in the yen. Monday&#39;s earthquake in the northwestern part of Honshu, Japan&#39;s main island, hit insurers.