The Nikkei has ended the morning session up 0.3% ,with trading volumes low as investors look forward to Golden Week and much of the institutional buying already done yesterday. Exporter shares were helped along by a weaker yen, such as Canon up 1.4%.
The ASX200 is slightly lower, down 0.4% as the Miners weighed on the market. BHP and RIO both down over 1%. Banking stocks were pretty much flat with the big news of the day being Macquarie Bank’s annual profit decline and its call to raise A$500 mio through the issue of 20 million shares.
The Kospi is closed today for the Labour day holiday.
