Nikkei inches lower by close
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The Nikkei average edged down 0.12  percent on Wednesday as profit-taking wiped out earlier gains  in Softbank Corp. (9984.T) and other index heavyweights, and  paper stocks lost ground after Oji Paper Co. Ltd. (3861.T) said  it expected its $1.4 billion takeover bid for a rival to fail.
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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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The Nikkei average fell 1 percent at the  opening on Friday, with investors taking a cue from the U.S.  Dow Jones average, which fell to its lowest close in five weeks  on concern about high oil prices.
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Japan's Nikkei share average opened lower  on Thursday amid worries over higher oil prices and their  possible impact on global economies, but the downside was  supported by bargain hunting following recent sharp losses.
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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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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&#39;s Nikkei average sank 1.69 percent to below the key 11,000 mark by mid afternoon on Friday with stocks across the board losing ground after the government surprised the market by revising down economic growth figures.
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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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Japanese stocks edged lower by  mid-morning on Friday as a retreat on Wall Street and worries  about record-high oil prices prompted profit-taking in some  technology and bank shares following the market's recent gains.
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Tokyo&#39;s Nikkei average closed down 1.35 percent on Thursday after an unexpected fall in core machinery orders data worsened investors&#39; concern over Japan&#39;s economic outlook and triggered selling of a wide range of stocks.
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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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Tokyo's Nikkei average opened down 0.29  percent on Monday with airlines, exporters and banks under  selling pressure amid growing worries about higher oil prices  and the domestic economic outlook.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average fell 1.13 percent  to hit a five-week closing low on Friday as worries about high  oil prices and uncertainty over the U.S. economic and market  outlook hit a broad range of stocks.
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The Nikkei share average closed down 0.16  percent on Thursday as real estate shares and insurers fell,  offsetting gains in oil stocks such as Nippon Oil Corp. that  benefited from a jump in crude oil prices.
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Japan&#39;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's Nikkei share average opened down  0.59 percent on Thursday with technology shares leading the way  following a drop in their U.S. peers after Goldman Sachs  downgraded its view on the sector.
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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.