The Tokyo Stock Exchange resumed its breath
After gaining 1.12% on Wednesday following the announcement of the Bank of Japan to keep rates low, the Nikkei 225 closing displays a decline of 0.95% at 10,774 points. Regarding other areas, the results are mixed. Hong Kong gained 0.16% to 21,418 points, ahead of Taiwan 0.46% to 7883 points, Sydney rose 0.20% to 4863 points, Singapore climbed 0.16% to 2924 points. Conversely, Seoul lost 0.41% to 3538 points, Mumbai was down 0.14% at 17,464 points and Jakarta was down 0.28% at 2748 points.
Japanese carmaker Nissan (-0.78% to 768 yen) announced Thursday that it had retained its English site in Sunderland to assemble its new electric vehicle, the "Leaf", a decision that will keep 2250 jobs in Great Britain."The site of Sunderland reach a production capacity of 60,000 units per year," the company said in a statement, adding that production would begin early 2013 unsecured personal loans .The "Leaf" is the first public electric car that Nissan plans to launch late 2010 on the Japanese markets, U.S. and some European market, before a worldwide release scheduled for 2012.
Following the decision of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) to maintain its production quotas unchanged, crude prices falling Thursday in electronic trading in Asia, wiping out gains in New York, but remain at over $ 80.
In morning trading, a barrel of light sweet crude for April delivery yielded 27 cents to 82.66 dollars, while a barrel of Brent North Sea for May delivery retreated 37 cents to 81 $ 59.