Asia stocks mixed, Nikkei falls as yen slide halts
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<!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — Japan’s benchmark stock index toppled off a 32-month high Wednesday after the yen’s slide went into reverse. Other benchmarks were mixed as investors weighed good retail sales figures in the U.S. against signs of a slowdown in Germany. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo tumbled 1.5 percent to 10,713.48 after government minister Akira Amari aired concerns about the recent rapid weakening of the yen, which can hurt consumers by raising the cost of imported goods, Kyodo News Agency reported. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Asia stocks mixed, Nikkei falls as yen slide halts
<!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — Japan’s benchmark stock index toppled off a 32-month high Wednesday after the yen’s slide went into reverse. Other benchmarks were mixed as investors weighed good retail sales figures in the U.S. against signs of a slowdown in Germany. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo tumbled 1.5 percent to 10,713.48 after government minister Akira Amari aired concerns about the recent rapid weakening of the yen, which can hurt consumers by raising the cost of imported goods, Kyodo News Agency reported. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Asia stocks mixed, Nikkei falls as yen slide halts
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