Japan

•    NKY-1.96%, TPX -1.71%

•    NKY fell extending losses set off by weak US economic data that sent the dollar slipping back to a 15-year low, as worries deepened about what steps the Japanese government might take to stem the recent yen rise. Turnover on the TPX rose to 1.12 trillion yen from 1.09 trillion yen yesterday

•    Stocks fell across most sectors led by oil & gas, materials, financials, industrials and consumer

•    Exporters fell as the yen advanced against the dollar: autos -1.79%, CE -2.16%, precision -1.70%, tech -1.68

•    Real estate -2.01% after recent gains

•    Traders -1.68% after metal prices fell

•    Best performing sectors on the TPX: electric power & gas -0.49%, info & comm. -0.99%, fishery, agriculture & forestry -1.00%; worst performing sectors: oil & gas -2.96%, nonferrous metals -2.68%, securities -2.52%