Japanese stocks fluctuate, interrupting a five-day advance, as the yen’s rebound against the dollar kept investors on edge ahead of the annual confab at Jackson Hole this week.
Topix fell 0.4% to 2,669.15 as of 9:22 a.m. Tokyo time
Nikkei 225 declined 0.4% to 37,921.81
Hitachi contributed the most to the Topix’s decline, decreasing 1.9%. Out of 2,132 stocks in the index, 769 rose and 1,244 fell, while 119 were unchanged.
Japan’s currency remained little changed after jumping as much as 1.2% to 147.57 yen per dollar on Friday. US futures were steady in early Asian trading after the S&P 500 rose 0.2%.
Source: Bloomberg