Japan stocks slip on higher yen, China tensions

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks started the week lower, with the Nikkei Stock Average /quotes/zigman/5986735 JP:100000018 -0.31% losing 0.4% to 9,077.32 after gains in the yen over the weekend and further tensions between Japan and China. The broader Topix lost 0.2%. With the U.S. dollar /quotes/zigman/4868099/sampled USDJPY -0.0345% now testing the ?78 level, some major exporter shares moved lower, with Sony Corp. /quotes/zigman/197500 JP:6758 -2.11% /quotes/zigman/197524/quotes/nls/sne SNE -1.32% down 2.2%, Canon Inc. /quotes/zigman/192200 JP:7751 -2.65% /quotes/zigman/192225/quotes/nls/caj CAJ +0.65% losing 2.3%, Pioneer Corp. /quotes/zigman/196846 JP:6773 -2.97% /quotes/zigman/196851/quotes/nls/pncof PNCOF -35.19% off 2.5%, and Mazda Motor Corp. /quotes/zigman/195040 JP:7261 -3.03% /quotes/zigman/195045/quotes/nls/mzdaf MZDAF +4.72% falling 2%. Chip maker Renesas Electronics Corp. /quotes/zigman/326601 JP:6723 +1.59% /quotes/zigman/593649/quotes/nls/rnecy RNECY +40.24% remained bid-only in early trading, looking set for major gains after reports said a consortium of some of Japan's biggest manufacturers could soon make a bid for the firm. Shares of Nintendo Co. /quotes/zigman/195847 JP:7974 +0.72% /quotes/zigman/195853/quotes/nls/ntdof NTDOF -0.99% gave up opening gains to trade 0.3% lower despite reports from CNBC and AllThingsD that the firm's new Wii U videogame device is close to selling out ahead of its Nov. 18 arrival at U.S. stores. The row between Japan and China over a territorial dispute appeared to heat up, meanwhile, with Japan's prime minister warning Beijing that anti-Japanese protests in China could hurt that nation's economy. Steel makers, usually sensitive to developments in China, fell in early trade, with JFE Holdings Inc. /quotes/zigman/304502 JP:5411 -3.56% /quotes/zigman/304509/quotes/nls/jfeef JFEEF +0.28% losing 3.2%, Kobe Steel Ltd. /quotes/zigman/194440 JP:5406 -2.90% down 2.9% and Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. /quotes/zigman/197855 JP:5405 -3.23% /quotes/zigman/197865/quotes/nls/smmlf SMMLF -1.04% retreating 2.3%.

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Asia stocks start week lower

/quotes/zigman/5986735

JP : Nikkei Idx

Volume: 0.00

Sept. 24, 2012 9:58a

/quotes/zigman/4868099/sampled

US : ICAP Currencies

Volume: 0.0000

Sept. 23, 2012 9:18p

/quotes/zigman/197500

JP : Japan: Tokyo

Volume: 2.47M

Sept. 24, 2012 9:58a

/quotes/zigman/197524/quotes/nls/sne

US : U.S.: NYSE

Volume: 1.52M

Sept. 21, 2012 4:02p

Rev. per Employee

$511,067

/quotes/zigman/192200

JP : Japan: Tokyo

? 2,723.00

-74.00 -2.65%

Volume: 1.48M

Sept. 24, 2012 9:58a

Market Cap

?21.82 million

/quotes/zigman/192225/quotes/nls/caj

US : U.S.: NYSE

Volume: 353,494

Sept. 21, 2012 4:04p

Rev. per Employee

$232,437

/quotes/zigman/196846

JP : Japan: Tokyo

Volume: 955,600

Sept. 24, 2012 9:58a

Market Cap

?74.68 billion

/quotes/zigman/196851/quotes/nls/pncof

US : U.S.: OTCBB

Volume: 100.00

Aug. 3, 2012 3:13p

Market Cap

$984.62 million

Rev. per Employee

$231,167

/quotes/zigman/195040

JP : Japan: Tokyo

Volume: 5.24M

Sept. 24, 2012 9:58a

Market Cap

?287.94 billion

/quotes/zigman/195045/quotes/nls/mzdaf

US : U.S.: OTCBB

Volume: 150.00

Sept. 20, 2012 9:34a

/quotes/zigman/326601

JP : Japan: Tokyo

Volume: 337,100

Sept. 21, 2012 3:00p

Market Cap

?106.78 billion

Rev. per Employee

?-15.87

/quotes/zigman/593649/quotes/nls/rnecy

US : U.S.: OTCBB

Volume: 16,720

Sept. 21, 2012 1:48p

/quotes/zigman/195847

JP : Japan: Tokyo

? 9,830.00

+70.00 +0.72%

Volume: 2,400

Sept. 24, 2012 9:29a

Market Cap

?-3.31 million

/quotes/zigman/195853/quotes/nls/ntdof

US : U.S.: OTCBB

Volume: 1,424

Sept. 21, 2012 1:37p

/quotes/zigman/304502

JP : Japan: Tokyo

? 1,085.00

-40.00 -3.56%

Volume: 1.34M

Sept. 24, 2012 9:58a

Market Cap

?666.67 billion

/quotes/zigman/304509/quotes/nls/jfeef

US : U.S.: OTCBB

Volume: 265.00

Sept. 21, 2012 11:12a

/quotes/zigman/194440

JP : Japan: Tokyo

Volume: 2.20M

Sept. 24, 2012 9:58a

Market Cap

?208.71 billion

/quotes/zigman/197855

JP : Japan: Tokyo

Volume: 3.64M

Sept. 24, 2012 9:58a

Market Cap

?576.72 billion

/quotes/zigman/197865/quotes/nls/smmlf

US : U.S.: OTCBB

Volume: 1,000

April 4, 2012 11:12a

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