CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Asian stock markets are trading mostly lower on Wednesday, following the lack of cues overnight from Wall Street. Traders are refraining from making significant moves ahead
Tokyo stocks slipped Wednesday, with profit-taking particularly hitting hard semiconductor-related issues. The 225-issue Nikkei average of the Tokyo Stock
Japanese shares edge up as U.S. jobs data eases Fed taper concerns Reuters 1 hr ago
TOKYO, June 7 (Reuters) - Japanese shares closed higher on Monday after U.S. jobs data eased concerns over an early tapering from the Federal Reserve, but heavy profit-taking capped gains amid caution before U.S. inflation readings due later this week.
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The broader Topix reversed course to tick up 0.08% to 1,960.85.
The U.S. economy added 559,000 nonfarm payrolls in May, data showed on Friday, below economists forecast of 650,000, reducing expectations of an early tapering in the Fed s asset purchase.
However, investors remain cautious as they look for more clues on possible tapering from the U.S. consumer price index (CPI) report this week, said Takatoshi Itoshima, strategist at Pictet Asset Management.
TOKYO (dpa-AFX) - The Japanese stock market is notably higher on Thursday, extending the gains of the previous session, with the benchmark Nikkei 225 again breaking above the 29,000 mark, following