Friday, June 8, 2007

Tokyo stocks fall sharply

Tokyo stocks fall sharply; dollar up (AP)

A passer-by walks past an electronic stock board in downtown Tokyo Friday, June 8, 2007. The Nikkei 225 index fell 274.29 points, or 1.52 percent, on the Tokyo Stock Exchange to finish at 17,779.09 points, following Wall Street's overnight drop and weaker-than-expected Japanese machinery data. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP - Japanese stocks fell sharply Friday, led by steels, machinery and real estate shares, buffeted by Wall Street's overnight drop and weaker-than-expected Japanese machinery data.


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