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Equities, indexes, earnings, and the moves that reset portfolios.
Resona Holdings Inc and Mizuho Financial Group Inc led declines in Tokyo’s banking subindex Tuesday after a Ministry of Finance 40-year government bond auction drew soft coverage, steepening the long end and reviving questions about how regional lenders mark bond portfolios.
Advantest and other Tokyo AI-hardware leaders led a semiconductor pullback on Monday as investors locked in gains ahead of U.S. CPI data, leaving the Nikkei near 70,000 while 10-year JGB yields hovered around 3.1 percent.
The TOPIX closed at 3,197.59 on Friday as ex-dividend selling and pre-holiday profit-taking outweighed gains in Fast Retailing, leaving the broad index below 3,200 before Sports Day.
Department-store operator MARUI and apparel giant Fast Retailing led a custom consumer basket higher on Friday as the yen slid to 151.20 per dollar, offsetting gasoline anxiety after Middle East oil spikes.
The Nikkei 225 fell 993 points Thursday as climbing crude prices punished automakers and chip gear makers gave back recent gains.
Sony Group stock rose in Tokyo trade as investors weighed console demand and a weaker yen that inflates overseas revenue when translated home.
