Rough Start to the Week in Tokyo (TMIC, ATE, PIO, DCM, NTT, NMR, MLEA, MTU)

Both the Nikkei 225 and TOPIX Index traded lower on Monday. The JASDAQ however continued its strong run closing higher again. The yen traded near the 119Y/US$1 range, new 20+ month lows. Let's take a quick look at closing prices and today's market advancers & decliners.

Nikkei 225: -39.02 (-0.28%) closed at 14,116.04, intra-day high at 14,218.72, low at 14,105.45

TOPIX: -14.14 (-0.95%) closed at 1,480.42, intra-day high at 1,501.31, low at 1,479.02

JASDAQ: +0.28 (+0.26%) closed at 108.56, traded in the 108 range throughout the day

Advancers: Trend Micro (ticker: TMIC) +3.80%, Advantest (ATE) +2.78%, Pioneer (PIO) +2.09%, NTT DoCoMo (DCM) +1.05%.

Decliners: NTT (ticker: NTT) -3.60%, Nomura Holdings (NMR) -2.99%, Millea Holdings (MLEA) -1.93%, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MTU) -1.92%.