With selling pressure easing, the Tokyo stock market could open October on a positive note at the start of the fiscal second half.
Key downside factors for the market in recent weeks were the volatility of the New York stock market and Japanese companies' selloffs ahead of the book-closing for the fiscal first half.
Worries about those negative factors have weighed heavily on investor sentiment, keeping the benchmark Nikkei average hovering around 16,000.
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