TOKYO Cheap Air Force 1 07 Low Sale , Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Nikkei stock index closed down 0. 31 percent following a weak lead from Wall Street at the end of last week and on investors' reservations about ongoing geopolitical unrest in Gaza and Ukraine.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 48.61 points to close at 15,474. 50, while the broader Topix index of all first-section issues fell 0.40 percent, or 5.11 points lower, to finish at 1,276.19.
Market players here said that the latest employment statistics from the U.S. didn't provide investors with the incentives they were looking for and combined to create a lack of fresh cues here as domestic corporate earnings results have largely been factored in.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday that 209,000 non-farm jobs were added in July Cheap Air Force 1 07 Mid Sale , marking the first time since 1997 that more than 200,000 jobs have been added continuously over a six-month period.
But the figure was still below median analysts' expectations for 230,000 jobs and the unemployment rate was seen to increase from 6.1 percent in June, to 6.2 percent in the recording period.
Coupled with a dearth of fresh cues, and concerns about ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, brokers here said that investors Monday were in a risk off mood, and a broad range of issues were sold from the off Cheap Air Force 1 07 High Sale , mirroring global bourses that are also undergone rout.
Takashi Aoki, a fund manager at Mizuho Asset Management Co., noted that the downside effects on Japanese markets of late have been limited, but when overseas markets fall heavily, the knock-on effect in Japan is unavoidable.
Local brokers also pointed to concerns over Europe's economy, following Portugal's central bank having to bail out Banco Espirito Santo SA, after its parent company defaulted on credit payments.
The U.S. dollar fetching 102.66 yen in currency trading Monday Cheap Air Force 1 07 Sale , down from 102.93 yen logged in Tokyo on Friday, also dampened investor sentiment, especially towards export-related issues who rely on a weaker yen to boost their profitability in overseas markets.
Among Japanese automaker issues, Nissan reversed 1.13 percent to 1,005 yen, while Mitsubishi Motors skidded down 0.51 percent to 1,158 yen Cheap Air Force 1 Black White Sale , following reports the two firms are in talks to develop a compact-sized electric vehicle.
Real estate issues comprised the market's worst performing sector Monday and top-developer Mitsubishi Estate Co. slumped 1.9 percent to 2,486 yen, while Sumitomo Realty & Development fell 2.1 percent to 4,183 yen.
Heavily weighted Nikkei component SoftBank weighed on the market, tumbling 3.7 percent to 7,197 yen, on concerns that France 's Iliad SA's offer for T-Mobile U.S. Inc. will be a more attractive proposition than SoftBank's Sprint's initial bid.
Electronics maker Sharp lost 2.77 percent to 315 yen Cheap Air Force 1 Black Low Sale , after reporting Friday a group net loss of 1.79 billion yen (17.4 million U.S. dollars) in the three months to June and booking its fourth year of red ink for the period.