Nikkei weakens ahead of poll
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The Nikkei 225 average is down 0.4 percent by midday Monday as caution about the dollar&#39;s weakness and the US presidential election prompts selling of exporters such as Toyota ahead of its earnings announcement.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average edged down 0.25  percent on Tuesday morning, led by a decline in tech issues  such as Sony Corp., but share indices stayed in narrow ranges  as the market awaited key Japanese economic growth data.
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Tokyo's Nikkei stock average fell 0.29  percent by midday on Wednesday as investors took a breather  from the market's recent rises and sold shares of gainers such  as Sharp Corp. and other technology issues.
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Tokyo's Nikkei fell 0.19 percent by  midday on Wednesday, erasing initial gains and extending losses  into a ninth straight day as worry over higher oil prices and  domestic economic uncertainty hit exporters and tech stocks.
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The Nikkei average fell 1.2 percent by  midsession on Friday as broad-ranged selling was prompted by  Thursday's fall on Wall Street due to concern about high oil  prices.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average slipped 0.07 percent by midday on Wednesday, pressured by falls in real estate firm Mitsui Fudosan Co. and others dependent on domestic demand after growth data came in weaker than expected.
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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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Japanese stocks fell in broad-based  selling by Wednesday afternoon, with a slump in U.S. shares and  a weaker dollar against the yen prompting investors to take a  breather from the market's recent rally.
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Japanese stocks will probably move little  on Monday as soaring oil prices and caution ahead of the U.S.  presidential election next month and its possible impact on  financial markets make investors nervous about trading  actively.
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Tokyo&#39;s Nikkei average opened down 0.58 percent on Tuesday with technology issues such as Advantest Corp. leading the way, hit by a drop in their US rivals and unexpectedly weak production data at home.
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Tokyo&#39;s Nikkei stock average fell 0.29 percent by midday on Wednesday as investors took a breather from the market&#39;s recent rises and sold shares of gainers such as Sharp Corp.
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Japanese stocks fell Friday in thin trading as many investors chose to pare back positions ahead of U.S. jobs data due later in the day and continued wariness over the outlook for the global economy.
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Tokyo's Nikkei fell 0.33 percent on  Monday, dropping for a seventh straight day in its longest  losing streak since December 2002, as worries about oil prices  and data showing weaker business sentiment plagued the market.
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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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The Nikkei average fell 0.63 percent by   midday on Friday, poised to snap a two-day winning streak after   a fall on Wall Street led to broad-based selling of core issues   such as Fast Retailing Co. 9983.T and TDK Corp. 6762.T.
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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&#39;s Nikkei average fell 0.59 percent by midday on Wednesday, erasing initial gains, as exporters like Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. declined on concern over the possible impact on the global economy of surging oil prices.