Although we booked provisions to clean up our balance sheet, resulting in a bigger loss, we think our business is now beginning to recover. |
Investors are avoiding large-cap technology shares before Friday's SQ and GDP. Instead, they are picking up individual stocks that offer a special interest, such as biotech stocks. |
Investors are just taking shelter in those natural resources issues. |
It appears the battle will start tomorrow and investors are understandably taking a nervous stance. Investors are lightening up on long positions just as they did yesterday afternoon. |
It's very clear -- investors only want to buy blue chips, not the entire high-tech sector. |
Its recovery has breathed life into all the Internet stocks. |
The actual operating loss narrowed by 6 billion yen because of a sales gain, signaling an improvement in operating conditions. |
The market's taking a bit of a rest . . . after recording new highs for the year in the past few sessions. The Nikkei is also finding it hard to sustain gains given the lack of buying in the broader market. |
These stocks which usually benefit from a weak yen couldn't react to it yesterday because the overall market was dragged down by the falling banking sector. |
With this accounting treatment, aimed at disposing bad debt, we are now bracing for a turnaround. |