Nikkei Average Closes Down
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The Nikkei average closed down 0.16  percent on Thursday as real estate shares and insurers fell,  offsetting gains in oil stocks, such as Nippon Oil Corp., that  benefited from a jump in crude oil prices.
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Tokyo's Nikkei share average closed  slightly lower on Friday, as lingering disappointment over  recent statistics showing weakness in the economy weighed on  issues such as broker Nomura Holdings
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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.
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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 shares closed down on Friday, with exporters broadly lower after the yen strengthened to above the key Y115 level against the dollar.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average fell 1.21 percent  on Wednesday as investors took a breather after the market's  recent rises and sold shares of gainers including tech issues  such as Canon Inc.
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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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TOKYO - Japan&#39;s benchmark Nikkei stock index closed lower Monday for the seventh straight session to hit a six-week closing low amid lingering concerns about the impact of high crude oil prices on the global economy.
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Tokyo's Nikkei stock average opened down 0.15 percent on Wednesday as investors took a breather from the market's recent rises and sold shares of gainers such as Sharp Corp.
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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.
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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's Nikkei fell 0.27 percent to close  lower for the ninth day in a row on Wednesday, the 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'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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Japan's Nikkei share average fell 0.4  percent to a six-week closing low on Tuesday, marking an  eight-day losing streak, after oil prices topped $50 a barrel,  fanning concern over the business outlook for Japanese  companies.
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Japanese stocks closed down on Friday,  hit by sharp losses in Kyocera Corp. and KDDI Corp. after they  cut their earnings outlooks for the year, raising concerns over  a slowdown in corporate profit growth.
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Japan's Nikkei average fell 0.69 percent  by mid-afternoon on Thursday as a fall in the dollar further  weakened investor confidence over company earnings, prompting  selling on exporters such as Canon Inc.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average opened down 0.07  percent on Friday following lackluster trade on Wall Street and  as investors wound down trading ahead of a long weekend in  Japan and bookclosings for the first half of the business year.