Thursday, May 17, 2007

Japan's Shares Slide, Led by Steelmakers on Forecasts; Credit Saison Falls

(Bloomberg) -- Japanese stocks slipped, led by steelmakers, after Tokyo Tekko Co. forecast a drop in net income in the current financial year.

Nippon Steel Corp., the world's No. 2 maker of the alloy, lost 3.1 percent and was the biggest contributor to a decline by the Topix index. Tokyo Tekko, a producer of steel bars, fell to the lowest since January 2006. Nippon Steel forecast on Apr. 27 net income will slip 0.3 percent this year.


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