Hideo Mizutani Quotes (10 Quotes)

Uncertainties over how Toshiba will run the nuclear power business and its financing scheme for the acquisition prompted investors to sell.

The market is dragged down by profit-taking, with shares that made gains recently under selling pressure.

Share prices were weaker as many investors are keenly awaiting the machinery orders

Because of the uncertainties over exchange rates, investors were hesitant to chase export-oriented shares, and instead, went for domestic-demand-oriented shares.

Overseas investors appear to be on hold on concerns about further US interest rate hikes.

Basically, investors can't really take aggressive positions this week, as they are waiting for the Bank of Japan's meeting, even if they expect the end to the ultra-loose policy to come on Thursday.

It's a tug-of-war between investors choosing to pocket gains after the Nikkei surged to its highest level since August 2000 yesterday and those chasing bargains on optimism about a steady economic recovery.

The yen did not strengthen in light of the end of the ultra-loose monetary policy which provided comfort to market players.

Industrial output data, which showed a rise for the fifth straight month, suggested that the economy is on the recovery track, even though the number fell short of the market consensus.

Higher interest rates result in higher capital procurement costs -- when they borrow money from banks, for example -- hurting their investment.