These stocks which usually benefit from a weak yen couldn't react to it yesterday because the overall market was dragged down by the falling banking sector.

Although we booked provisions to clean up our balance sheet, resulting in a bigger loss, we think our business is now beginning to recover.

With this accounting treatment, aimed at disposing bad debt, we are now bracing for a turnaround.

The actual operating loss narrowed by 6 billion yen because of a sales gain, signaling an improvement in operating conditions.

Investors are avoiding large-cap technology shares before Friday's SQ and GDP. Instead, they are picking up individual stocks that offer a special interest, such as biotech stocks.

The market's taking a bit of a rest . . . after recording new highs for the year in the past few sessions. The Nikkei is also finding it hard to sustain gains given the lack of buying in the broader market.