Japan's defence equipment makers slide as Korean Peninsula tensions ease

Hosoya Pyro-Engineering Co

07/03/2018 01:01

** Shares of Japan's defence equipment companies sag after
tensions in the Korean Peninsula ease amid news of apparent
willingness by North Korea to halt nuclear tests  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N1QO16H
    ** Ishikawa Seisakusho Ltd  6208.T  dives as much as 16.8
pct
    ** Howa Machinery Ltd  6203.T , which makes firearms as well
as machine tools and construction equipment, plunges up to 22.3
pct
    ** Nippon Avionics Co  6946.T , maker of command and control
systems for naval vessels, sheds up to 5.7 pct
    ** Hosoya Pyro-Engineering Co  4274.T , maker of smoke
flares used by the military, retreats as much as 19.7 pct

 (Reuters Messaging: shinichi.saoshiro.reuters.com@reuters.net)