Tokyo Stocks Dip, Focus on Data
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Japanese stocks edged lower by midday on Monday with confidence in the domestic economic outlook failing to offset profit-taking that hit recent gainers such as insurers and telecom stocks including KDDI Corp.
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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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Asian stock markets took a breather on Monday with Tokyo's Nikkei slipping on fresh concerns about the economy, and the yen traded in a small range in a session likely to be dulled by the U.S. Labor Day holiday.
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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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Japanese stocks opened lower on Tuesday  following a decline in U.S. stocks, with technology issues  leading the decline after chip maker Elpida Memory Inc. cut its  profit outlook for the year.  The Nikkei average lost 0.25 percent to 11,261.62 by 1901 EST  and the broader TOPIX index was down 0.15 percent at 1,137.42.
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Japan&#39;s Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell for the first day in four. Nintendo Co. and Sharp Co. declined after brokerages cut their ratings on the companies, citing concern that earnings growth may slow.
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Japan's Nikkei stock average fell to a  one-week low by midsession on Thursday after some tech issues  were hit by a bearish outlook from U.S. chip maker Xilinx Inc.
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Japanese stocks meandered through the morning on light volumes and directionless trading. A return to wider market confidence remains elusive and the benchmark indexes dipped slightly going into the lunch break.
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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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Tokyo's Nikkei average fell 0.14 percent  by midday on Thursday with losses in shipping firms, steel  makers and several technology shares overshadowing gains in  selective small-cap stocks and firms with bright earnings  outlooks.
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Japan's Nikkei fell almost 1 percent by  midday on Tuesday after poor industrial output data sapped  investor appetite for tech issues and as profit-taking hit  recent gainers such as Nippon Steel Corp.
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Tokyo stocks opened down 0.4 percent on Monday after government data showed Japanese companies reduced spending on plant and equipment by 4.9 percent in April-June, although economists had expected a rise.
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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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Tokyo stocks fell Tuesday for the second straight session after new data showed Japan's economy may be headed toward another slowdown. The U.S. dollar edged higher against the Japanese yen.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average fell 0.9 percent by mid-morning on Tuesday and was on course for an eighth day of losses as a broad range of stocks wilted after oil prices spiked to &#36;50 a barrel and U.S. stocks made more losses.
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Tokyo stocks fell on Thursday as caution  about earnings hurt Canon Inc. and other tech firms after  disappointing outlooks this week from Elpida Memory Inc. and  Nintendo Co.
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Tokyo stocks fell on Thursday as caution  about earnings hurt Kyocera Corp. and other tech firms after  disappointing outlooks this week from Elpida Memory Inc. and  Nintendo Co.