Nikkei Edges Down by Close
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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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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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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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Japan's Nikkei stock average fell 1.51  percent to a five-week closing low on Thursday as poor  machinery orders data followed sluggish growth figures that  undermined confidence in the economy a day earlier.
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TOKYO (CBS.MW) -- The Nikkei Average edged down by midday Tuesday as tech stocks fell on profit-taking, but the declines were limited by extended gains in banking issues.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average turned lower by  late morning on Wednesday as concern over surging oil prices  and their possible impact on the global economy hit exporters  such as Toyota Motor Corp.
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Japan's Nikkei average closed lower on  Thursday, snapping a three-day gaining streak, as profit-taking  hit auto makers and other exporters that had attracted buyers  on the back of extended gains on Wall Street.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average closed down 0.17  percent on Tuesday as growing worries over the domestic  economic outlook hit banks and insurers, offsetting gains in  shipping firms and others with bright earnings prospects.
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Japan's Nikkei average closed lower on  Thursday, ending a three-day winning streak, as profit-taking  hit Toyota Motor Corp. 7203.T and other exporters that had  benefited from gains on Wall Street and a weaker yen.
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The Nikkei share average edged down 0.22 percent at the start of trade on Wednesday as tech stocks such as Advantest Corp. extended recent losses on concern about their earnings outlook.
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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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Japan's Nikkei ended down half a percent  on Friday as caution set in ahead of U.S. jobs data and banks  and drug firms succumbed to profit-taking.
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Share prices closed broadly lower in Tokyo overnight, led by declines in commodity price-sensitive stocks. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell for the first time in four trading days, closing down 77.
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Tokyo's Nikkei edged down 0.27 percent to  close lower for the ninth day in a row on Wednesday, its  longest losing streak in two years, as worries over the impact  of high oil prices on earnings weighed on exporters.
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Tokyo stocks ended slightly lower on Friday as worries about record-high oil prices took the edge off investors&#39; appetite for recently battered technology issues such as Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.
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Tokyo's Nikkei stock average ended down almost one percent on Thursday after surprisingly weak machinery orders data jolted investor confidence in Japan's economic outlook and triggered selling across the board.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average closed down 0.25  percent on Friday as Toyota Motor Corp.'s earnings failed to  impress investors and UFJ Holdings Inc. tumbled on concern it  could accept an unfavorable merger offer.