TOKYO, July 3 (Reuters) - The benchmark Nikkei average <.N225> fell 1.4 percent and the broader Topix <.TOPX> lost 1.1 percent on Friday.
SINGAPORE, July 3 (Reuters) - Jardine Cycle & Carriage , which controls Indonesia's largest automotive distributor Astra International, may be in focus on Friday after Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock to "buy" and raised its target price.
July 2 (Bloomberg) -- European and Asian stocks fell and U.S. index futures retreated after unemployment in America climbed to the highest level since 1983.
July 2 (Bloomberg) -- European and Asian stocks and U.S. index futures retreated before a report that may show unemployment in America climbed to the highest level since 1983.
TOKYO, July 2 (Reuters) - The benchmark Nikkei average <.N225> and the broader Topix <.TOPX> both fell about 0.4 percent on Thursday.
| Jul 03 | Japan's Real Estate Trusts Rise from the Abyss (FinanceAsia) |
| Japan's 40 real estate investment trusts (Reits) are slowly and painfully recovering from their worst experience since they were introduced in 2001. However, some analysts still see major structural problems in the industry. |
| Jul 02 | Tokyo stocks down on caution ahead of U.S. jobs data, lack of cues (AP) |
| Tokyo stocks fell Thursday as investors decided to lock in profits amid a lack of major trading cues and awaited U.S. jobs data for June due out later in the day, hoping for more signs of economic recovery. |
| Jul 02 | Japan housewives to shun currency markets on new rule (Bloomberg) |
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| Jul 01 | Tokyo shares blush crimson (Forbes) |
| Major Asian stock markets open on Wednesday were an expanse of red, as a smaller-than-expected improvement in manufacturing sentiment and plans by manufacturers to cut capital spending by record levels hammered Tokyo shares. Seoul and Shanghai stocks bucked the trend though, as South Korea posted a record trade surplus and China's manufacturing sentiment improved. |
| Jul 01 | How Japan's unlikely shareholder rebellion could lead to profit plays for Western investors (moneymorning.com) |
| The normally reticent Japanese investors - long accustomed, or even resigned, to public subtlety and backroom wheeling and dealing - are becoming fed up with this system and are becoming quite brazen in their protests. And very direct, as well. |