Nikkei & Topix Stock Indexes

                   

Nikkei rises 1.2 percent as Matsushita jumps, banks gain

reuters.com     Jul 30, 2008   21 related          

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei average rose 1.2 percent on Wednesday, with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co jumping on strong earnings results and financial shares gaining on receding U.S. credit fears. But investors dumped Sony...                    

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[$$] Mumbai leads broad fall, Toyota weighs on Nikkei (at The Wall Street Journal Online)

yahoo.com     Jul 29, 2008   1 related          

By V. Phani Kumar and Tuhin KarThe Wall Street Journal Europe Word Count: 424 | Companies Featured in This Article: Toyota Motor, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Mizuho Financial, National Australia Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia...                    

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Tokyo stocks open sharply higher

xinhuanet.com     Jul 30, 2008   11 related          

TOKYO, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened sharply higher Wednesday. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 139.68 points, or 1.06 percent, from Tuesday to 13,299.13. The broader Topix...                    

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“Stock market decoupling is nothing more than a myth” - Prieur du Plessis

ft.com     Jul 21, 2008   5 related          

Prieur du Plessis, of Investment Postcards from Cape Town, has compiled two compelling tables of global stock market performances. Factoring in last week's rebound, and despite the variation in the economic impact of the credit...                    

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Quick Hits

commonsensej.blogspot.com     Jul 15, 2008          

Random thoughts from a Tuesday morning:John McIntyre, who runs the desks at the Baltimore Sun and has taught us on his blog how to tie a tie, fold a pocket handkerchief and make a martini, finds himself the subject of a...                    

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Asia markets fall on U.S. worries

katefuentes.blogspot.com     Jul 15, 2008   117 related          

Nikkei 225 index sheds 2 percent to 12,750.10 China's biggest lender, ICBC, drops almost 5.1 percent in Hong Kong trading Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac hold or back about half the outstanding mortgages in U.S. HONG KONG, China (AP)...                    

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Foreign markets round-up: European markets slump, Asian makets steady

bloggingstocks.com     Jul 10, 2008          

Filed under: International markets, JapanEuropean markets slumped and Asian markets held steady on the back of Wednesday's 236-point drop in the Dow Jones industrial average.European markets: The Dow Jones Euro Stoxx: closed at...                    

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Asian markets rise following U.S. gains; China soars

bloggingstocks.com     Jul 9, 2008          

Filed under: International marketsAfter days of losses mirroring U.S. markets, China-related plays soared and other Asian markets also got a lift in Wednesday trading. Japan's Nikkei 225 Average rose 0.2% to 13,052 . China's...                    

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(Some) reasons why Japan is still a good place for equities

ft.com     Jul 4, 2008   13 related          

We know there's a lot going on in other key markets of the world, but just to focus on Japan, briefly, as one of the equity markets cited this week (along with Canada) among the tiny handful that have done admirably well amid...                    

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Nikkei hits longest losing streak in 40 years, is US next?

bloggingstocks.com     Jul 3, 2008          

Filed under: China, Indices, Japan, Economic data, RecessionJapan's Nikkei Index, the weighted average of 225 stocks in major companies, fell for the 10th day. That has not happened since 1965. According to the FT, "Rising...                    

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