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*Japan stimulus demand seen driving euro zone yield drop. LONDON, April 5- Investors cash fleeing Japan's massive stimulus plans in search of higher returns lifted yields on Friday to record levels on government bonds across the euro zone.
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*Japan stimulus demand seen driving euro zone yield drop. LONDON, April 5- Investors cash fleeing Japan's massive stimulus plans in search of higher returns lifted yields on Friday to record levels on government bonds across the euro zone.
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TOKYO, April 5- Japanese shares jumped to near five-year highs and government bond prices rose sharply on Friday, with the long-end of the yield curve inverting, a day after the Bank of Japan announced extraordinary stimulus steps to revive the world's third-largest economy.
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The Nikkei surged by up to 4.7 percent a day after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) gave investors what they were waiting for, and analysts say the current rally is gaining a momentum of its own and not simply riding on a weakening yen.
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*Plunge in Korea, China pulls MSCI Asia ex- Japan down 1.1 pct. TOKYO, April 5- Asian shares hit a three-month low on Friday as concerns over bird flu in China and escalating tensions in the Korean peninsula unsettled investors as they counted down to potentially pivotal U.S. payrolls data out later in the session.
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NEW YORK, April 5- Major stock markets tumbled, the dollar fell and U.S. U.S. employers hired at the slowest pace in nine months in March, adding just 88,000 nonfarm jobs, the Labor Department said, below an expected 200,000. The jobless rate ticked a tenth of a point lower to 7.6 percent, but largely due to people dropping out of the work force.
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TOKYO, April 5- Japanese shares jumped to near five-year highs and government bond prices rose sharply on Friday, with the long-end of the yield curve inverting, a day after the Bank of Japan announced extraordinary stimulus measures to reignite the world's third-largest economy.
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*MSCI Asia ex- Japan down 0.3 pct. TOKYO, April 5- Japanese equities soared and the yen continued its tumble against the dollar and the euro on Friday after the Bank of Japan's unprecedented monetary expansion, but Asian shares eased ahead of U.S. jobs data amid rising concern over the American economy.
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*MSCI Asia ex- Japan down 0.2 pct. TOKYO, April 5- Asian shares fell on Friday after the Bank of Japan's unprecedented monetary expansion drive prompted a global stock market rally and sank the yen overnight, while some investors turned to impending U.S. jobs data as concerns over the American economy rise.
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*Bank of Japan steps up asset purchases to boost economy. Treasury debt market rallied on Thursday as investors sought higher-yielding dollar assets after the Bank of Japan said it would step up asset purchases to boost its economy, sending Japanese bond yields to record lows.
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*Gold hits 10- month low as dollar strengthens. LONDON, April 4- The yen sank on Thursday after the Bank of Japan unveiled a bold plan to pump money into the economy, while Europe's main share indexes and the euro held steady after the European Central Bank left policy unchanged.
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TOKYO, April 4- Japan's Nikkei average rose 2.2 percent on Thursday after the Bank Of Japan announced a sweeping monetary expansion campaign that will include heavy investment in REITs and ETFs, boosting reflationary stocks such as real estate firms and banks.
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*MSCI Asia ex- Japan down 0.7 pct, N.Korea steps up rhetoric. TOKYO, April 4- Japanese stocks and government bonds rallied while the yen slipped more than 1 percent against the dollar and the euro after the Bank of Japan took strong easing steps on Thursday, but other Asian equities fell on worries over the U.S. economy.
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TOKYO, April 4- Japan's Nikkei average reversed course on Thursday when the Bank Of Japan announced a sweeping monetary expansion campaign that will include heavy investment in REITs and ETFs, boosting reflationary stocks such as real estate firms and banks.
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James Ashley, Senior Economist at RBC Capital Markets says the Bank of Japan is pulling out all the stops to achieve the 2% inflation target. He shares his analysis on the BoJ's latest policy announcements.
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*BOJ expects to unveil bold monetary easing steps. *Weak U.S. data prompts investors to take profit. TOKYO, April 4- Japan's Nikkei average dropped 1.7 percent at Thursday's midday break, with concerns over the U.S. recovery hurting sentiment as markets awaited the outcome of a crucial Bank of Japan policy meeting.
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TOKYO, April 4- Investors nervously watched developments in the Korean Peninsula on Thursday while Asian stocks fell after weak data stoked concerns the key American jobs report due later in the week will signal slowing U.S. growth.
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*Fast Retailing falls, giving up Wednesday's near 14 pct jump. TOKYO, April 4- Japan's Nikkei average dropped 1.7 percent on Thursday, with sentiment affected by concerns over the U.S. recovery after weaker-than-expected data as markets waited on the outcome of a crucial Bank of Japan policy meeting.
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TOKYO, April 4- The Nikkei average is expected to open lower on Thursday, ahead of the outcome of the Bank of Japan's policy-setting meeting, on concerns over the U.S. recovery after weak service sector data and a slowdown in job hiring by private employers.
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Steen Jakobsen, chief economist & CIO at Saxo Bank, tells CNBC why he likes the Nikkei better than many European markets.
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*Fast Retailing soars on bright same-store sales. TOKYO, April 3- Japan's Nikkei average jumped 3 percent on Wednesday, its biggest one-day rise in almost two months, on growing expectations that the central bank will announce further easing steps on Thursday.