Tokyo Stocks Slip, Optimism Lifts MMC
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Tokyo stocks edged down by midsession on  Tuesday as recent gainers such as real estate and retailers met  profit-taking, but optimism on improved corporate earnings  lifted selective stocks including Mitsubishi Motors Corp.
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Asian markets show signs of recovery  but share prices in Tokyo reverse gains in late trading.
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Japanese stocks edged higher at Wednesday's open, though light profit-taking soon pushed the benchmark Nikkei downward while most investors awaited quarterly earnings results.
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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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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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Tokyo's Nikkei average added 0.8 percent by midday on Thursday as tech issues got a lift from a rally on the Nasdaq, but gains were capped and trading choppy as high oil prices fueled concerns about the world economy.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average edged down by the  close on Friday with the market only slowly recovering from  disappointment over machinery orders data a day earlier.
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Japanese stocks edged lower by  mid-morning on Thursday as concerns over domestic earnings and  the impact on global economies of higher oil prices  overshadowed bargain hunting following the market's recent  sharp losses.
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Tokyo stocks slipped on Thursday as exporters such as Sony Corp. and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. succumbed to the weakness of the dollar against the yen and gave up some of their gains of the previous three sessions.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average dipped 0.2 percent  by mid-afternoon on Tuesday as growing worries over the  domestic economic outlook hit banks and insurers, offsetting  gains in shipping firms and other companies with bright  earnings prospects.
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Japanese stocks edged up by Wednesday afternoon, led by gains in firms like Mitsubishi Electric Corp., as solid earnings at some U.S. technology companies soothed worries about the sector's outlook.
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The Nikkei average was flat in  mid-morning trade on Tuesday, with a rise in bank shares and  insurers helping the Tokyo market stabilize after the  benchmark's slide to a five-month closing low the previous day.
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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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The Nikkei average rebounded from a   one-month low and was flat by midday on Tuesday as falls in   trading houses such as Mitsubishi Corp. on weak commodities   prices were offset by gains in a handful of core technology   shares.
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TOKYO, Japan -- Tokyo stocks slipped for a second straight day Friday as tech issues such as Fujitsu, NEC and Kyocera lost ground.
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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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Tokyo stocks slipped on Thursday as exporters such as Sony Corp. and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. succumbed to dollar weakness against the yen, giving up some of the gains made during in the previous three sessions.