TOKYO: Japanese stocks were slightly weaker in early Tuesday, the final trading day of the year, with the Nikkei Stock Average NIK, -1.57% down 0.4% after a 0.5% loss the previous day, while as the Topix fell 0.3%.
The dip for the market came despite reported foreign buying interest, with Dow Jones Newswires saying the six foreign brokerages it monitors had placed buy orders for 1.5 million Japanese shares overnight. Still, many blue chips traded weaker, with Sony Corp. 6758, -3.46% SNE, -0.47% down 1.4%, Panasonic Corp. 6752, -2.39% PCRFF, -1.39% down 1.3%, Hitachi Ltd. 6501, -2.39% HTHIF, -2.29% down 0.8%, Daiwa Securities Group Inc. 8601, -2.21% DSECF, +0.98% down 0.9%, and Nomura Holdings Inc. 8604, -1.95% NRSCF, +0.69% off 1%. Auto makers were mixed after Cars.com offered its forecast for U.S. December sales, as Toyota Motor Corp. 7203, -1.36% TM, -0.57% eased 0.2%, and Honda Motor Co. 7267, -2.06% HMC, -0.96% lost 0.5%, but Nissan Motor Co. 7201, -0.56% NSANY, -0.90% rose 0.4%, and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. 7211, -0.09% MMTOF, +3.11% gained 0.7%. Among other advancers, Japan Airlines Co. 9201, +0.70% JAPSY, -4.58% rose 0.7% following another drop in energy prices, while Toray Industries Inc. 3402, +3.32% TRYIY, -1.03% rallied 3% as the Nikkei reported the company’s nine-month profit would show a 12% rise, helped by strength in its carbon-fiber sales.
European stock markets slide at open 25 june 2018
London:Europe's main stock markets dropped 0.7 percent in opening deals on Monday, as investors worried over the festering global trade...
