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Overnight strength in European shares helped push up Japanese stocks on Thursday morning, but Japan&#39;s beleaguered consumer finance companies acted once more as a drag on the market.
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Japanese stocks recouped early losses by  late afternoon on Thursday as banks clawed back into positive  territory a day after a key survey showing waning business  sentiment had sparked a sell-off in the sector.
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Tokyo&#39;s Nikkei share average gained 0.94 percent in shortened trade on Thursday, with carmakers supported by a weaker yen, while banks extended recent gains as investors cheered progress in their handling of bad loans.
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The Nikkei average fell 0.04 percent on  Friday as investors took profits in recent gainers such as  Toshiba Corp. (6502.T), although trade was relatively slow  ahead of a closely watched U.S. jobs report.
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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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TOKYO, Japan -- Japanese stocks are lower at midday Tuesday after Wall Street declined. Techs, banks and carmakers are in the red.
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Japanese stocks were hit badly on Friday by fears of rising global interest rates following sharp overnight increases in US and European bond yields.
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Japanese stocks fell on Friday as a stronger yen hurt exporters and more problems emerged in the battered consumer lending industry.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average rose 0.35 percent  by mid-morning on Tuesday as investors sought bargains among  technology and shipping firms, but gains were limited by  caution ahead of a monetary policy meeting in the United  States.
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The Nikkei fell 1 percent by midsession on Wednesday as investors sold a broad range of shares, extending losses from the day before when poor Japanese industrial output data put a damper on the economy's outlook.
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The Nikkei average fell 0.37 percent on   Tuesday, retreating from a three-month high a day earlier as   investors took profits on Honda Motor Co. 7267.T and other   blue-chip exporters on a stronger yen.
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Japan's Nikkei average moved in a tight  range until late morning trade on Friday, underpinned by solid  gains in stocks dependent on domestic business, such as Kao  Corp.
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Japan&#39;s Nikkei 225 Stock Average dropped for a second day in three. Banks such as UFJ Holdings Inc. and Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc.
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The Nikkei average fell 0.66 percent on  Monday as auto makers such as Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (7267.T)  were hit by concern about consumer spending in the key U.S.  market and energy stocks fell following a drop in crude oil  prices.
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A Bank of Japan policy maker tried to soothe investors' nerves on Thursday, saying some market moves had been overdone, amid a new bout of tightness in short-term credit markets due to banks' growing risk aversion.
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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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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.