Japan’s Nikkei edges up; tech shares drop on HP warning

Japan’s Nikkei share average inched up 0.6 percent to 8,800.76 from a four-week closing low on Thursday morning as robust US economic data and a softer yen offset weakness in technology shares on concerns over dwindling profits. But tech stocks fell after HP’s warning, with Canon and Konica Minolta down almost three per cent.

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