Share prices rose on the back of the gains on Wall Street overnight.

The market looks likely to pause today rather than extending the past pace of its rally.

A cut of 0.5 percent is well expected, but more important for Japan will be how U.S. stocks react.

Stability is somewhat returning to stocks, which took a hit earlier this week due to concerns that the Bank of Japan may raise interest rates earlier than previously thought.

Since the U.S. election ended with the expected Bush victory, the market’s focus has moved to U.S. corporate earnings and monetary policy there.

If the United States raises rates broadly, such as past the 5 percent mark, then we would certainly see some damage in Japan, but with the way things are right now, I don’t think it...

The U.S. economy is trotting away from its soft patch, while Japan has begun to move away from its own. These movements show that fundamentals are strong.

Here, investors are looking ahead to the BOJ meeting and at the end of the week we’ll be awaiting U.S. jobs data. With these factors ahead, I don’t think stocks will be able to move...

The rise in the afternoon was due to domestic investors … they haven’t been buying lately and they took their cue from foreign investors.

We were seeing favorable economic indicators recently and improvement in the supply-and-demand balance. I would say this is a best scenario.

The fact that there is internal conflict (at Sony) is hardly good for investors’ trust.

Cyclical shares are likely to gain on the data and the market has started to buy those that are particularly undervalued.

Everyone’s bonuses were a little bit better this year, and they’ve seen the value of their assets increase, so if you go to an electronics store now there are a lot more people.

Sentiment’s quite neutral now after the initial selling, and investors are now taking a wait-and-see stance ahead of economic indicators.

It is hard to tell how far share prices will sink at this point.

Share prices gained due to upbeat market sentiment.

Stocks were hit by a double-shock of New York plunge and the Nikkei reshuffle. The New York tumble was already factored in, but the reshuffle will continue to hurt the market for the rest of...

Local market sentiment was also buoyed by overseas investors, who had placed large net buy orders ahead of the market opening today. This helped prompt retail investors here to step up purchases.

The market is under pressure from three E’s — energy, euro and earnings, … With third-quarter results about to come out in the U.S., investors are not so eager to take positions now.

The fact that Mori is selling the property for two to three times more than the prices of other properties in the area is really something and it seems to have captured everyone’s attention.

The yen’s rise and uncertainty over possible (dollar-supporting) intervention made players take a wait-and-see stance.