Tokyo bourse faces early 2005 slump before rebounding with economy
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Japanese stocks are expected to slip in early 2005 on a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy but should rebound later in the year in tandem with expected stronger growth, analysts said.
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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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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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If, like me, you are one of those "value"-style investors who believed that Japan must be due a recovery any year now, you may be despairing of it ever happening. So are millions of Japanese investors.
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Japan's Nikkei average ended up 0.25  percent on Tuesday, the first trading day of 2005, as core blue  chips including Sony Corp. gained ground on optimism about the  country's economy and stock market.
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A top Japanese business leader expressed hope Monday that the impending betrothal of the emperor&#39;s only daughter would help bolster Japan&#39;s economy, now showing signs of a slowing recovery.
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Tokyo stocks slipped early Wednesday following Wall Street's weakness. The dollar was lower against the Japanese yen, but trading higher against the euro.
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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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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&#39;s stock benchmarks fell for the first day in four, after the dollar slumped against the yen, raising concerns that the nation&#39;s export-led economic recovery may be hindered.
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The Bank of Japan is seen holding off raising interest rates on Wednesday, hours after the U.S. central bank slashed rates by a hefty half-percentage point to try to shield the U.S. economy from a housing slump and market turmoil.
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Tokyo's Nikkei share index was little  changed in late afternoon trade on Tuesday, reversing earlier  gains, as Sony Corp. and other tech stocks retreated on caution  ahead of a monetary policy meeting in the United States.
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Tokyo stocks were mixed early Thursday amid profit taking and buying on the back of the US dollar&#39;s strength against the Japanese yen.
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Stocks in Asia resumed their decline on Monday, led by banks like Japan's Mizuho, while the dollar hovered near a 3-year low against the yen after a proposed U.S. stimulus package did little to soothe fears the world's top economy will tip into a recession.
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Tokyo stocks were treading water by  midday Thursday as exporters such as Toyota Motor Corp. were  shunned by investors worried about the U.S. economy.
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The euro weakened half a percent  while the Japanese yen held its ground against the dollar as  trading in 2005 got off to a quiet start in Asia on Monday.
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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.