JPMorgan unit botches Japan stock order
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A unit of JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM.N   botched a trade for a basket of Japanese stocks on Monday when   it mistakenly sold shares linked to the wrong index, helping   spark a brief fall in the market.
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Japan's Nikkei stock index tumbles 4% to its lowest level in 17 months on worries over the strong yen and high oil prices.
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Japanâs central bank, the Bank of Japan, left its interest rates unchanged because of worries about the fallout from the credit squeeze in the United States. Before the subprime mortgage crisis emerged in the United States, the markets had expected the Bank of Japan to raise the pivotal overnight call rate, now at 0.50 percent.
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Japanese stock benchmarks fell. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average lost 126.43, or 1.1 percent, to 10,956.41 at 9:02 am in Tokyo. The broader Topix index dropped 11.04, or 1 percent, to 1098.73.
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The Nikkei lost 1 percent on Thursday as  stocks such as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. fell after  downbeat earnings at U.S. firms, while a profit warning from  Sony Corp. looked set to push the market lower.
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Tokyo&#39;s Nikkei average closed down 1.35 percent on Thursday after an unexpected fall in core machinery orders data worsened investors&#39; concern over Japan&#39;s economic outlook and triggered selling of a wide range of stocks.
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Japan's Nikkei average sank 1.69 percent  to below the key 11,000 mark by mid afternoon on Friday with  stocks across the board losing ground after the government  surprised the market by revising down economic growth figures.
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Japan&#39;s Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell 39.75, or 0.4 percent, to 10,731.67 at 9:02 am in Tokyo. The broader Topix index dropped 3.93, or 0.4 percent, to 1081.
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JP Morgan Chase &amp; Co. (JPM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the No. 2 US bank, said on Wednesday profit fell in the third quarter, missing analyst expectations, as a result of costs from its July merger with Bank One Corp.
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Japan's Nikkei average slipped 1.11 percent on Wednesday to its lowest finish in nearly two weeks, hurt by a tumble in U.S. stocks and a stronger yen by offering to buy a further 25 percent stake in the ailing chip maker for $1.25 billion.
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Japanese stocks tumbled Thursday on pessimism about a key central bank survey to be released Friday that investors expect will show deteriorating confidence among business executives.
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Tokyo stocks tumble across the board    TOKYO, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks tumbled across the board Friday.   The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average fell 215.76 points, or 1.22 percent, to 17,481.21, ending below the 17,500 line for the first time in a week.
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Japanese shares will probably move in a  narrow range in a week shortened by public holidays, but could  dip below the 11,000 level as earnings disappointment saps Wall  Street's momentum and as concern lingers over the global  economic outlook.
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MUMBAI: Japan&#39;s Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell for the first day in four after brokerages cut their ratings on the companies, citing concern that earnings growth may slow.
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Japan's Nikkei share average fell nearly  one percent on Tuesday after the dollar's retreat below 103 yen  put pressure on exporters such as Sony Corp.
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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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Japan&#39;s Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell. Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. dropped after a competitor made a hostile takeover bid for UFJ Holdings Inc.