Reuters: Market News: Nikkei set to fall sharply after poor U.S. jobs data

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Nikkei set to fall sharply after poor U.S. jobs data Apr 8th 2012, 23:21 Tweet Share this Email Print Sun Apr 8, 2012 7:21pm EDT TOKYO, April 9 (Reuters) - Japan's leading share index is expected to open sharply lower on Monday, on track for its fifth straight session of losses, after a disappointing U.S. jobs report, while a stronger yen will weigh further on exporters. "U.S. markets didn't trade on Friday, but the main focus was U.S. employment figures, which were poor, leading the dollar to weaken, and that will have a negative effect on Tokyo trading today," said Hiroichi Nishi, equity general manager at SMBC Nikko Securities. Strategists said the Nikkei was likely to trade between 9,500 and 9,600 after losing 0.8 percent to 9,688.45 on Friday. The index was down 3.9 percent last week, its worst weekly performance in eight months. Nishi said investors would keep a close watch for any signals from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke in a speech later in the day whether the U.S. central bank will offer further monetary stimulus after the poor jobs report. U.S. payrolls grew by 120,000 in March, worse than the forecasted gain of 203,000 jobs. The unemployment rate dipped to 8.2 percent, down from 8.3 percent in February. The dollar hit a four-week low against the yen at 81.23. The broader Topix fell 0.8 percent to 825.71 on Friday. The Nikkei is still up 14.6 percent this year, buoyed by a run of strong U.S. economic data and liquidity boosting programmes by central banks. > Disappointing jobs report sends U.S. stock futures lower > Dollar falls after U.S. jobs data disappoint > Treasury prices surge on weak March U.S. jobs growth > Gold edges up; dull U.S. jobs data revives QE3 talk STOCKS TO WATCH --DENTSU INC Japan's biggest advertising agency said after the close on Friday that non-consolidated net sales surged 16 percent in March compared with the same month last year, when ad spending plunged in the wake of an earthquake and tsunami. --TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO Takeda Pharmaceutical said on Friday that it was likely to receive a refund of 57.1 billion yen ($693 million) after appealing against taxes on transfer pricing. --TOSHIBA CORP Toshiba said on Friday that some production of NAND flash memory chips had been halted at its main memory chip plant at Yokkaichi in western Japan due to power supply problems after a lightning strike. --PANASONIC CORP Panasonic executives are likely to take a sharp pay cut starting in July to take responsibility for the firm's weak earnings, the Nikkei newspaper said. Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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