Japanese Stocks Lower as Banks Retreat
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Japan's Nikkei average was down 0.19  percent by mid-morning on Tuesday, the first trading day of  2005, as investors grabbed profits in Mizuho Financial Group  and other major banks that had made strong gains late last  year.
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Japanese stocks fell Thursday after financial shares came under pressure from a larger-than-expected loss at U.S. brokerage firm Merrill Lynch due to fallout from U.S. subprime mortgage problems. Exporters were also sold off on the yen's strength against the dollar.
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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 stocks opened lower Thursday following Wall Street's weakness. The dollar was higher against the Japanese yen.
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Japan's Nikkei share average edged down  by midsession on Monday after erasing opening gains as investor  caution over the yen's rise offset optimism about the  post-election outlook for Wall Street.
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Japanese stocks fell by mid morning on Tuesday following a decline in U.S. stocks, with chip maker Elpida Memory Inc. pulling down technology issues after it cut its profit outlook for the year.
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Japanese stocks declined by mid morning on Thursday, led by exporters such as Canon Inc. after the dollar's fall to its lowest in over a month against the yen raised concerns about companies' revenue from overseas sales.
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Japanese stocks edged down Friday on profit-taking in the wake of the previous day's strong rally.
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Japanese shares fell Friday after Japanese banks reported larger-than-expected losses due to the subprime mortgage crisis. A slump in China's Shanghai Stock Exchange also weighed on Tokyo trade.
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The Nikkei average inched down by  midsession on Tuesday as investors took a breather from recent  speedy gains that were helped by a better result than expected  in the Bank of Japan's "tankan" survey.
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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&#39;s Nikkei average closed 3 points lower on Monday as strength in bank shares helped offset losses in chip stocks and in travel firms, which were sold after Sunday&#39;s devastating earthquake and tsunami in Asia.
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Japanese shares fell at the start of a  holiday-shortened week on Tuesday as brokers and banks declined  on recent data indicating signs of an economic slowdown in some  key areas, offsetting gains in some chip-related stocks.
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Tokyo stocks fell Monday morning as investors took profits from recent gains. The US dollar was weaker against the Japanese yen and the euro.
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Japanese stocks fell mildly on Tuesday morning, with exporters dropping because of a slight rise in the yen.
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Japanese stocks are expected to open  lower on Friday as a tumble in U.S. stocks and the dollar's  weakness against the yen weigh on technology and exporters.
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Tokyo stocks are seen opening lower on   Monday after Wall Street fell on worries about a U.S. economic   slowdown, and with top bank shares likely avoided amid caution   over the U.S. business of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.   (MUFG) 8306.T.