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Japan's markets opened up after a strong showing for Koizumi this wekend, but weak production figures dragged stocks to a fresh 16-year low

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Japanese stocks thudded to a new 16-year low. Poor industrial-production numbers for June worried the market.



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>Japan's markets opened up after a strong showing for Koizumi this wekend, but weak production figures dragged stocks to a fresh 16-year low
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>Japanese stocks thudded to a new 16-year low. Poor industrial-production numbers for June worried the market.

Das intraday-Tief heute war 11.539,16; am 23.07. war es 11.531,68 und am 15.03. 11.433,88."Nur" im Schlusskurs war es ein neues Tief.


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