Japan Tobacco shares fall after Gallaher deal
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Shares of Japan Tobacco Inc.  halted their recent bull run on Monday, falling more than 4 percent as market participants said the company's plan to buy British cigarette maker Gallaher Group Plc  was now factored into the stock price.
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Japanese shares fell at the start of a  holiday-shortened week on Tuesday as brokers and banks declined  on recent data indicating signs of an economic slowdown in some  key areas, offsetting gains in some chip-related stocks.
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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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Japan's main stock index fell Friday to a two-year low as investors worried about upcoming earning reports from U.S. financial groups.
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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 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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Japan Tobacco Inc. confirmed on Friday it was in talks to buy smaller rival Gallaher Group Plc L> , in a 7.5 billion pound ($14.7 billion) deal that would extend its overseas expansion.
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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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Britain's Imperial Tobacco agreed to buy Commonwealth Brands, the fourth-biggest cigarette maker in the United States, but its shares fell on Thursday as speculation faded it might be a bid target itself.
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Japanese stocks fell Friday as investors sold stocks to settle futures options, with many buyers remaining on the sidelines ahead of talks among the finance chiefs of the Group of Seven industrialized countries.
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Leading shares closed up with tobacco issues the top performers after of a bid approach for the Gallaher Group.
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Japanese semiconductor-related shares fell, led by Advantest Corp., after the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported NEC Electronics Corp.
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Japanese stocks fell, led by exporters such as Toyota Motor Corp. and Canon Inc., after a US government report showed that the world&#39;s largest economy added fewer jobs in November than economists had expected.
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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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The Nikkei average fell 1 percent by  midsession on Thursday after sharp declines in metals prices  pushed down shares of steel makers and mining companies, which  had been big gainers over the past three months.
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Japanese stocks opened lower on Friday following a tumble in U.S. shares and as cautious investors held back ahead of the release of key machinery orders data later in the day.
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Japan Tobacco buys the UK tobacco firm Gallaher for $19bn in an all-cash deal.