Japanese stock market forecast for week august 8 2011

Indonesia stock info - Japanese stock market forecast for week august 8 2011 ; The Japanese stock market is expected to be highly volatile next week, dealers said Friday, following a huge sell-off in the global markets on worries over the US economy and European debt crisis.

In the week to August 5, the Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange slumped 5.4 percent, or 533.15 points, to 9,299.88.

The Topix index of all first section shares lost 4.8 percent, or 40.41 points, to 800.96.

Most of the sharp falls came Friday, in line with huge losses across Asia, after global investors dumped shares in Europe and on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 4.3 percent on Thursday, its worst one-day drop since late 2008. "It is going to be volatile next week " pegging the Nikkei to range between 9,200 and 9,500.

"The share prices may rebound early next week but soon go back down probably later in the week," Market players are growing increasingly pessimistic that governments around the world may possess too few tools to stabilise financial markets

"The US, for instance, is so laden with debt that the side-effects of an additional round of quantitative easing would be crippling, so many market players think the Fed has its hands tied,


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