Markets Right Now: Asian shares tumble, Nikkei drops 7.1 pct

Top Japanese officials are seeking to downplay concerns about plunging share prices, pointing to strong growth and corporate earnings as reasons for calm. The comments came as the benchmark Nikkei 225 index dipped 7.1 per cent in Tuesday afternoon trading ... ( read original story ...)

Markets Right Now: Nikkei trims losses, ends down 4.7 pct

Japan's Nikkei 225 index plunged as much as 7.1 percent but recovered some of those losses to close down 4.7 percent at 21,610.24 on Tuesday. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 4.1 percent to 30,938.85 and the Kospi in South Korea lost 1.4 percent to 2,458.06. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Nikkei dives seven per cent

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index has plunged seven per cent following another day of heavy losses on Wall Street. The Nikkei lost 1,589.17 points, or 7.01 per cent, to trade at 21,092.91 by mid-afternoon on Monday. The Nikkei ended the morning ... ( read original story ...)

Nikkei down 6% on the day, heading towards 21,000.00

The Nikkei Index is yet one more equities index to fall into the risk trap that began last Friday, with inflation fears sparking traders to run for the hills, piling into safe havens like the Japanese Yen as global economic growth brings the risk of ... ( read original story ...)

Nikkei pares losses, European markets on deck

Nikkei pares losses, still sheds almost 5% on the day ... sending major indexes sprawling and traders fleeing for safe haven currencies, much to the chagrin of Japanese central planners trying very hard to talk down the Japanese currency in recent days ... ( read original story ...)

The Nikkei is getting destroyed

The Nikkei index has extended its falls in midday trade after Japanese stocks slumped at the open. The declines follow a drop of 8% in Nikkei futures this morning, after US stocks had their largest one-day points fall in history. Stocks in Australia and ... ( read original story ...)

Top 10 gems of ‘Deep Japan’

"Locations related to samurai, five-story pagodas, temples and Japanese gardens fit the image of Japan, and are thus popular," he said. The Nikkei asked 290 tourists from the U.S. and Australia, who stayed two weeks to list their top five destinations if ... ( read original story ...)

Stocks fall across Asia as Nikkei index closes down 2.5%

The Nikkei Asia300 Index of more than 300 regional companies was ... their stocks as the U.S. Treasury yield topped 2.7%," said an equity strategist based in Japan. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 665 points on Friday, the largest decline since ... ( read original story ...)

Nikkei suffer biggest loss since US election, small caps hit

TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei share average fell sharply on Monday as fear that US inflation may be finally gathering pace pound global equities, with investors dumping small-cap shares. The Nikkei tumbled 2.5 per cent to 22,682.08, its biggest one-day drop since ... ( read original story ...)

Nikkei futures are down 8%

It all points to an ugly open for Japanese markets in just under two hours time. Nikkei 225 futures were down by around 8% at 8.30am AEDT. Nikkei 225 Futures 4-Hour Chart. Source: Investing.com Just a few days ago all the chat was about the index hitting a ... ( read original story ...)

Bank of Japan reports first drop in monetary base under Kuroda

TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan's pivot toward rate controls as the centerpiece of its ultraloose monetary policy has led the monetary base to decrease for the first time during Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda's tenure. January saw the seasonally adjusted monetary base ... ( read original story ...)