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Japan's Mizuho lowers forecasts on stock declines
By maykjj AP - 2 hours 17 minutes ago
TOKYO - Japan's Mizuho Financial Group Inc. said Friday that it has lowered profit forecasts for the fiscal year by more than half due to stock declines stemming from the global financial crisis.
Mizuho said it now expects a 250 billion yen ($2.6 billion) group net profit for the fiscal year ending March 2009, down 55 percent from the previous forecast of 560 billion yen.
The major Japanese banking group is also lowering its profit forecast for the April-September fiscal half to 94 billion yen ($959 million), nearly one-third of its earlier estimate of 250 billion yen.
Tokyo-based Mizuho, which is set to announce its earnings results on Nov. 13, said sharp declines on the Japanese stock market has eroded Mizuho's equity investments.
Fears have been growing about the earnings of major Japanese companies set to announce results in the next few weeks amid global crisis. The financial credit problems, which began in the U.S., is expected to weigh particularly on Japanese banks and other financial institutions.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average was down 2.7 percent midday Friday.
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