Japan stocks lower; business sentiment climbs – MarketWatch

Japan stocks lower; business sentiment climbs – MarketWatch

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Japanese stocks opened lower early Monday as the market appeared to set aside the Bank of Japan’s tankan survey that showed sentiment among large manufacturers improved to the best level in six years. The Nikkei Stock Average

/quotes/zigman/5986735/realtime JP:NIK
+1.74%

fell 54 points, or 0.4%, to 15,345.01, with many auto stocks registering losses of more than 1% as the yen largely held steady against the U.S. dollar compared with Friday’s level. Mazda Motor Corp. shares

/quotes/zigman/195040/realtime JP:7261
+1.87%

/quotes/zigman/195045/delayed/quotes/nls/mzdaf MZDAF
+1.08%

paced the sector’s decline by falling 2.6%. In the telecom space, shares of SoftBank Corp.

/quotes/zigman/139194/realtime JP:9984
0.00%

/quotes/zigman/139200/delayed/quotes/nls/sftbf SFTBF
+3.04%

slumped 2.3% in the wake of a Wall Street Journal report Friday that SoftBank’s Sprint Corp.

/quotes/zigman/18855261/delayed/quotes/nls/s S
+2.17%

unit is preparing a bid for rival wireless company T-Mobile U.S. Inc.

/quotes/zigman/16052823/delayed/quotes/nls/tmus TMUS
+2.14%

. But shares of Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

/quotes/zigman/199733/realtime JP:9432
+0.18%

/quotes/zigman/141141/delayed/quotes/nls/ntt NTT
+0.94%

climbed 2.1% following the Japanese government’s decision last week to sell a portion of its stake in the company. An NTT official said the company plans to buy back the shares from the government, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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JP:NIK
NIKKEI 225 Index

JP

: Nikkei Idx

15,859.22

+271.42
+1.74%

Volume: 0.00

Dec. 19, 2013 3:28p

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JP:7261
Mazda Motor Corp.

JP

: Japan: Tokyo

¥
491.00

+9.00
+1.87%

Volume: 111.09M

Dec. 19, 2013 3:00p

P/E Ratio

27.41

Dividend Yield

N/A

Market Cap

¥1427.70 billion

Rev. per Employee

¥64.54M

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MZDAF
Mazda Motor Corp.

US

: U.S.: OTCBB

$
4.70

+0.05
+1.08%

Volume: 27,200

Dec. 18, 2013 3:09p

P/E Ratio

N/A

Dividend Yield

N/A

Market Cap

N/A

Rev. per Employee

N/A

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JP:9984
SoftBank Corp.

JP

: Japan: Tokyo

¥
8,930.00

0.00
0.00%

Volume: 15.11M

Dec. 19, 2013 3:00p

P/E Ratio

19.51

Dividend Yield

0.45%

Market Cap

¥10529.79 billion

Rev. per Employee

¥178.51M

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SFTBF
SoftBank Corp.

US

: U.S.: OTCBB

$
88.00

+2.60
+3.04%

Volume: 19,037

Dec. 18, 2013 3:59p

P/E Ratio

N/A

Dividend Yield

0.47%

Market Cap

N/A

Rev. per Employee

N/A

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S
Sprint Corp.

US

: U.S.: NYSE

$
8.95

+0.19
+2.17%

Volume: 22.62M

Dec. 18, 2013 4:01p

P/E Ratio

N/A

Dividend Yield

N/A

Market Cap

$34.45 billion

Rev. per Employee

N/A

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TMUS
T-Mobile US Inc.

US

: U.S.: NYSE

$
27.25

+0.57
+2.14%

Volume: 8.81M

Dec. 18, 2013 4:03p

P/E Ratio

N/A

Dividend Yield

N/A

Market Cap

$18.31 billion

Rev. per Employee

N/A

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JP:9432
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

JP

: Japan: Tokyo

¥
5,490.00

+10.00
+0.18%

Volume: 2.94M

Dec. 19, 2013 3:00p

P/E Ratio

11.70

Dividend Yield

3.28%

Market Cap

¥6195.00 billion

Rev. per Employee

¥47.23M

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NTT
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. ADS

US

: U.S.: NYSE

$
26.73

+0.25
+0.94%

Volume: 289,608

Dec. 18, 2013 4:04p

P/E Ratio

10.60

Dividend Yield

N/A

Market Cap

$60.30 billion

Rev. per Employee

$509,705

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