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The Tokyo Stock Exchange is closed Monday, Oct. 8th for Health-Sports Day. U.S. exchanges are open Monday, Columbus Day, although it appears some banks may be closed. The Bank of Japan is holding a policy rate decision meeting Wednesday to Thursday. Sony Financial Holdings begins trading on the TSE on Thursday, the 11th. October SQ [...]

• Japanese stocks had a solid holiday-shortened week with outsized gains on Thursday. However, TOPIX 1st section was mostly flat and the Nikkei closed slightly lower as Q3 came to an end Friday. Some market participants worry if the buying ahead of quarter’s end was merely “window dressing.” • The Bank of Japan [BoJ] releases [...]

Japanese stock exchanges are closed today, Monday September 17, 2007, for ????, that’s keiro no hi, or “Respect for the aged” holiday. Trading resumes Tuesday.

The Nikkei 225 lost 446 points or 2.7% last week (Sept 3 – 7). Nikkei 225 September futures trading in Chicago lost 1.8% to 15,805 on Friday — falling with the broader U.S. market on the “surprisingly” weak U.S. employment data — versus a 16,122.16 close for the Nikkei 225 and 16,100 close for the [...]