Steady Start Eyed For Japan Stock Market

Source and reference

source on Google Add Now The Japan stock market on Monday ended the two-day winning streak in which it had advanced almost 1,750 points or 2.6 precent. The Nikkei 225 now sits just beneath the 67,250-point plateau and it may find traction on Tuesday. The global forecast for the Asian markets is weak thanks to renewed hostilities in the Middle East and weakness among the technology companies. The European markets were up and the U.S. bourses were down and the Asian markets figure to follow the latter lead. The Nikkei finished sharply lower on Monday with damage across the board, particularly among the financial shares, technology stocks and automobile producers. For the day, the index tumbled 1,315.00 points or 1.92 percent to finish at 67,242.73 after trading between 66,653.11 and 69,078.21. The lead from Wall Street is negative as the major averages opened mixed but quickly turned...