Tag: nikkei

Buz Investors Japan Nikkei Manufacturing PMI The IHS Markit/Nikkei Japan final Manufacturing PMI came in at 51.4 in October of 2016, compared to a preliminary figure of 51.7 and a final 50.4 in September. It was the highest reading since January and ... ( read original story ...)

A man looks at price lists outside a store in Tokyo. Japan’s core consumer price index slipped 0.5% from a year earlier in September. The Nikkei was the bright spot Friday during a generally downbeat day for Asian markets, amid yen weakening and as gains ... ( read original story ...)

Shipping of such goods as metals, crude oil and cars will be the main business of the three major Japanese ocean freight companies after the containership spinoff. But the outlook for these areas is dimming. Nippon Yusen and Kawasaki Kisen forecast pretax ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Some in the Japanese government are concerned that long-standing issues with South Korea will hamper progress at a three-way summit including China later this year. The Tokyo meeting will mark South Korean President Park Geun-hye's first visit to ... ( read original story ...)

while Japan’s three major shippers jumped after news that they will merge their container shipping businesses. The Nikkei fell 0.5 percent to 17,353.04 by midmorning, after ending at a six-month high on Friday. US shares fell and the dollar dropped on ... ( read original story ...)

After successful tests of its broken multi-decade downtrend, Japan’s Nikkei 225 has a chance to commence a new up leg... We’ve been pointing out the thinning nature of the stock market rally of late. In fact, as recently as yesterday we noted that just ... ( read original story ...)