Hiroyuki Nakai
Hiroyuki Nakai
ahead buy helped investors large local market net opening orders overseas placed prompt retail sentiment step
Local market sentiment was also buoyed by overseas investors, who had placed large net buy orders ahead of the market opening today. This helped prompt retail investors here to step up purchases.
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Stability is somewhat returning to stocks, which took a hit earlier this week due to concerns that the Bank of Japan may raise interest rates earlier than previously thought.
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The fact that there is internal conflict (at Sony) is hardly good for investors' trust.
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Here, investors are looking ahead to the BOJ meeting and at the end of the week we'll be awaiting U.S. jobs data. With these factors ahead, I don't think stocks will be able to move much at all today.
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Since the U.S. election ended with the expected Bush victory, the market's focus has moved to U.S. corporate earnings and monetary policy there.
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Share prices rose on the back of the gains on Wall Street overnight.
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Share prices gained due to upbeat market sentiment.
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Sentiment's quite neutral now after the initial selling, and investors are now taking a wait-and-see stance ahead of economic indicators,
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Cyclical shares are likely to gain on the data and the market has started to buy those that are particularly undervalued.
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The rise in the afternoon was due to domestic investors ... they haven't been buying lately and they took their cue from foreign investors.
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A cut of 0.5 percent is well expected, but more important for Japan will be how U.S. stocks react.
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The yen's rise and uncertainty over possible (dollar-supporting) intervention made players take a wait-and-see stance.
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The fact that Mori is selling the property for two to three times more than the prices of other properties in the area is really something and it seems to have captured everyone's attention.
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Investors aren't waiting for anything specific, but they do expect leaders to talk more about breaking down barriers. Also, the word IT will be in headlines for a while and that's a supporting factor in itself.