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Japanese shares dropped as the Yen kept appreciating against its 16 major counterparts and lowered the profit outlook for the exporters. The Nikkei 225 dropped 0.9% to 10,508.06. Only three out of ten groups in the benchmark index edged higher. Among the best performers were Unitika, Sharp Corporation and Nitto Boseki with their shares rallying 4.1%, 3.9% and 3.8%, respectively. Sharp advanced, as it launched its 32-inch AQUOS Ultra HD, a new TV model, and lifted the consumer services sector that edged 0.2% higher. Meanwhile, financials sector posted biggest losses by dropping 3%, followed by technology group that decreased 1.3%. The slump in financials was led by Aozora Bank Ltd that erased 4%. Alps Electric Co shares dropped 5.64%, the most in the index, to 485 yen, pacing gains in the technology shares. Furthermore, Tokuyama Corporation that slumped 5.56% and JFE Holdings loosing 5.51% added to losses in the industrials group.


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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:07:04 GMT

Hang Seng

Hong Kong blue chips dropped on falling Japanese exporters, as the yen appreciated against its major counterparts.The Hang Seng index lost 0.94% to 23,111.19, touching its lowest level this year. Six out of nine sectors edged lower in the gauge. The sectors that shrank the most were basic materials, oil and gas, and financials, tumbling 1.6%, 1.4% and 1.2%, respectively.

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:45:05 GMT

Dow Jones

U.S. blue chips slumped after the S&P 500 index advanced to its five-year high last week, as U.S. lawmakers approved a budget bill to halt the so-called "fiscal cliff". The Dow Jones Industrial Average eased 0.4%, or 50.92 points, to 13,384.29. Only two out of nine sectors edged higher. Telecommunications sector posted biggest gains, as the shares of Verizon Communications

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