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Koizumi is seen as a reformer, and that's a good thing for the country and good for the yen, ... The big rise in the Nikkei will help the yen. We've seen substantial inflows into Japan.

Neil Mellor

For the Nikkei to go up further, gains need to become more broad-based.

Hiroshi Arano

It's hard to tell at this point if the Nikkei has reached a target or if it will climb higher.

Hideyuki Suzuki

While this was an abrupt drop, even if the Nikkei had broken under 15,000 it would have been a fall of around 10 percent. I think that is a completely natural correction.

Hajime Yagi

The Nikkei average is expected to consolidate at current levels. Investors are hunting for selected firms whose earnings are set to recover on their restructuring efforts.

Yasuo Ueki

Weakness in high-tech shares, which are the key contributor to the Nikkei, pushed down the market.

Ryuta Otsuka

A further rise (in the Nikkei) would need support from good fundamental news, such as corporate earnings or consumer spending.

Kunihiro Hatae

High-techs have been laggards for some time, so investors know that they can always snap them up ... If high techs don't get bought the Nikkei can't push higher.

Tsutomu Yamada

After gaining for four straight sessions, investors are concerned that the Nikkei has risen too quickly.

Katsuhiko Kodama

When IT (information technology) issues and other large-cap issues are down, the Nikkei cannot help but suffer.

Kazunori Jinnai

I expect the Nikkei to move in a boxed range of between around 15,000 and 15,500 for the time being.

Nobuki Goto

The Nikkei could test the 16,000 level again as the scenario of an end to deflation is widely shared.

Shinji Igarashi

The point for next week is whether or not the Nikkei will be able to break the 13,000 mark.

Tsubasa Ihara

Buying of bonds gained momentum after the sudden drop in the Nikkei. Some investors are saying consumer prices won't rise as much as the central bank expects.

Norihisa Takao

We invest using the Nikkei 225 futures contract traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, so that when a shareholder brings us $1, our use of futures enables us to buy $2 worth of Japan.

William Seale

Because the Nikkei is sensitive to tech stocks, their losses kept it from making the push to 13,000.

Tsubasa Ihara

The market's...been braced for political uncertainty in Japan and in the U.S., ... Sellers cannot be too aggressive because a consensus now is that the Nikkei below 15,000 could be a bargain.

Kazuyuki Naito

We had rises in large-cap electronics stocks on one hand and falls in bank shares on the other. That kept the Nikkei from moving either up or down.

Masaharu Sakudo