Tokyo stocks follow Wall Street lower
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The Japanese stock market fell on Wednesday morning, hit by an overnight fall in US stocks.
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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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Japanese stocks edged lower by midsession  on Friday as selective stocks bounced back on bargain hunting,  cushioning selling of tech stocks triggered when Sony Corp. cut  its operating profit estimate.
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Tokyo stocks slid Friday for a sixth straight session as concerns about rising oil prices and Wall Street&#39;s overnight weakness combined to knock Japanese blue chips lower.
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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.
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Japanese stocks edged lower by  mid-morning on Friday as a retreat on Wall Street and worries  about record-high oil prices prompted profit-taking in some  technology and bank shares following the market's recent gains.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average fell 0.21 percent at the opening on Monday as some tech stocks dropped amid investor caution about earnings.
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Tokyo stocks edged down by midsession on  Tuesday as recent gainers such as real estate and retailers met  profit-taking, but optimism on improved corporate earnings  lifted selective stocks including Mitsubishi Motors Corp.
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Tokyo shares ended lower on Wednesday, with chip-related technology stocks such as Tokyo Electron Ltd. tracking losses in their U.S. peers after the Federal Reserve suggested it would keep raising rates.
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Tokyo's Nikkei share average opened down  0.59 percent on Thursday with technology shares leading the way  following a drop in their U.S. peers after Goldman Sachs  downgraded its view on the sector.
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Tokyo stocks fell on Thursday as caution  about earnings hurt Kyocera Corp. and other tech firms after  disappointing outlooks this week from Elpida Memory Inc. and  Nintendo Co.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average fell 0.9 percent  by mid-morning on Tuesday and was on course for an eighth day  of losses as a broad range of stocks wilted after oil prices  spiked to $50 a barrel and U.S. stocks made more losses.
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Tokyo stocks slipped Thursday morning as investors took profits from recent gains. The US dollar was up against the Japanese yen. The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 issues was down 36.
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Japanese stocks dipped sharply during Wednesday morning trading, falling in the wake of an overnight plunge on Wall Street. The dollar was lower against the yen. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 512.04 points, or 2.98 percent, to 16,666.80 points on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by the end of morning session. The index had fallen 0.66 percent to finish at 17,178.84 points Tuesday.
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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 are expected to move  little on Wednesday following lackluster trading in the United  States and as investors take a breather after the Tokyo  market's recent gains.
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Tokyo stocks opened lower Monday after shares declined on Wall Street before the weekend. The dollar was lower against the yen and euro.