Nikkei Dips for a 2nd Straight Session
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Tokyo's Nikkei fell for a second straight  session to close 0.99 percent lower on Tuesday as selling  increased after the dollar's retreat below 103 yen, putting  more pressure on exporters such as Sony Corp
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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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Japan&#39;s Nikkei 225 average is down more than two percent by mid-morning Monday after the dollar&#39;s tumble against the yen hit tech firms and exporters.
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Tokyo stocks edged lower Wednesday for the second straight day, led by export-dependent technology and automobile issues following Wall Street's overnight retreat. The U.S. dollar slid against the Japanese yen.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average lost 0.66 percent  by midday on Friday as renewed earnings concerns prompted  investors to sell key technology stocks, while insurers fell on  worries over their exposure to typhoon- and hurricane-related  costs.
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Tokyo stocks edged lower Monday for a seventh straight session because of concerns about rising oil prices. The dollar was down against the Japanese yen.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average slipped 0.07 percent by midday on Wednesday, pressured by falls in real estate firm Mitsui Fudosan Co. and others dependent on domestic demand after growth data came in weaker than expected.
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The Nikkei average fell for a third  straight session to hit a two-week closing low on Friday as  renewed earnings concerns prompted selling in Sony Corp. and  its rivals.
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The Nikkei average fell 0.62 percent on   Wednesday as Softbank Corp. 9984.T and Yahoo Japan Corp.   4689.T declined on a bearish broker report from Credit   Suisse, while recent gainers such as Canon Inc. 7751.T also   came under pressure.
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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 fell 0.67 percent by  mid-morning on Monday, extending losses into a seventh session  as worries about higher oil prices hit airlines while banks and  retailers wilted on concerns about the domestic economic  outlook.
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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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Tokyo stocks edged lower Monday for a seventh straight session ahead of earnings announcements by Microsoft and IBM in the United States later this week.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average started a  holiday-shortened week slightly down on Tuesday, falling for a  fourth straight session as brokers and banks fell again on  recent domestic data showing signs of a slowdown in some key  areas.
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Japan'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 fell around 0.8  percent by mid-afternoon on Tuesday after industrial output  data sapped investor appetite for tech issues and profit-taking  hit recent gainers such as Nippon Steel Corp.
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The Nikkei average was down 0.5 percent   on Tuesday, after briefly touching a one-month low, as a fall   in commodities prices stoked worries about global demand,   hitting stocks sensitive to the economic cycle such as steel   makers.