Japanese
shares fell, with the Topix index heading for a fourth decline this
week, after the yen gained yesterday amid escalating tensions in
Ukraine.The Topix lost 0.1 percent to 1,164.22 as of 9:01 a.m. in Tokyo, poised for a 0.8 percent loss this week and a 0.7 percent drop on the month. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average sank 0.3 percent today to 14,360.99. The yen held at 102.29 per dollar after rising 0.2 percent yesterday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Ukraine against continuing an anti-separatist offensive. The agreement to disarm rebels signed last week in Geneva by Ukraine, Russia, the European Union and the U.S. is on the brink of collapse. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry cautioned that Russia was running out of time to comply with the accord, as Russian forces began new military exercises on the border of Ukraine.
Data today showed inflation in Tokyo jumped the most since 1992, pumped up by a sales-tax increase and a year of unprecedented stimulus from the Bank of Japan. Consumer prices excluding fresh food rose 2.7 percent in April from a year earlier, less than the 2.8 percent median estimate of 27 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. Nationally, the same gauge rose 1.3 percent in March, the same as the previous month, statistics bureau data showed today. The yen erased gains against the dollar after the figures were released.
Futures on the Standard & Poor 500 Index were little changed today. The measure closed near a record yesterday as technology companies rallied after Apple Inc. results topped estimates to offset a slump in phone shares.
Source : Bloomberg
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