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Japan’s Nomura hit by trading losses

By Robin Harding in Tokyo

Published: October 28 2008 07:54 | Last updated: October 28 2008 09:14

Nomura, Japan’s largest brokerage, reported heavy losses in the second quarter as market turmoil hit its domestic business as well as its equity, credit and derivative traders.

The Japanese financial group lost Y72.9bn ($763m) in the second quarter, before any impact from its acquisition of the Asian operations and European equities division of Lehman Brothers. This is the third consecutive quarter that Nomura has reported a loss.

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