Japan's Nikkei 225 Average, Topix Are Little Changed; Mitsubishi UFJ Gains

(Bloomberg) -- Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average
was little changed at 18,099.73 at 9:04 a.m. in Tokyo.
The broader Topix index was little changed at 1765.59.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and TDK Corp. gained,
while Advantest Corp. and Mitsubishi Corp. declined.


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Japan's Topix Drops, Led by Property Developers; Takeda, Nintendo Gain

(Bloomberg) -- Japan's Topix index declined, led by
property developers such as Mitsubishi Estate Co., as investors
shifted funds out of shares that may be hurt by the trend of
increasing interest rates.

Limiting losses, some exporters such as Advantest Corp. and
Fanuc Ltd. gained as investors judged the benefit of a weaker
yen outweighed the implications of mortgage defaults in the U.S.


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