Japanese stocks plunge nearly 3 percent
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Japanese stocks dipped sharply during Wednesday morning trading, falling in the wake of an overnight plunge on Wall Street. The dollar was lower against the yen. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 512.04 points, or 2.98 percent, to 16,666.80 points on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by the end of morning session. The index had fallen 0.66 percent to finish at 17,178.84 points Tuesday.
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Japanese stocks are expected to open  lower on Friday as a tumble in U.S. stocks and the dollar's  weakness against the yen weigh on technology and exporters.
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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.
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Japanese stocks fell on the open Tuesday as the market took a breather from a seven-month high on Monday. The dollar was lower against the yen.
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Japanese stock prices plunged to their lowest finish since July 2006, losing ground after jittery trading on Wall Street amid concerns about the U.S. economy and oil.
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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.
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Japanese stocks fell Wednesday after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced he would resign after a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat.
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Japan's Nikkei average snapped a  three-day winning streak to close down 0.7 percent on Monday as  caution over the yen's rise hit exporters and worries about the  domestic economic outlook weighed on banks.
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Japanese stocks fell sharply Friday, led by steels, machinery and real estate shares, buffeted by Wall Street's overnight drop and weaker-than-expected Japanese machinery data.
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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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Japanese stocks tumbled Thursday on pessimism about a key central bank survey to be released Friday that investors expect will show deteriorating confidence among business executives.
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Japanese stocks opened down 0.48 percent on Tuesday, with shares of exporters such as Sony Corp sold.
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Japanese stocks fell by mid morning on  Tuesday following a decline in U.S. stocks, with chip maker  Elpida Memory Inc. pulling down technology issues after it cut  its profit outlook for the year.
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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 average fell 0.21 percent at the opening on Monday as some tech stocks dropped amid investor caution about earnings.
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Japanese stocks fell Friday in thin trading as many investors chose to pare back positions ahead of U.S. jobs data due later in the day and continued wariness over the outlook for the global economy.
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Japanâs Nikkei index has lost a third of its value since July, and the Tokyo Stock Exchange has lost $1.3 trillion in value â equivalent to the entire economy of Canada.