Japanese Indexes Nudge Down Premarket as PM Plans Snap Election -- Market Talk

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1455 GMT - Major Japanese indexes slip premarket after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi confirmed plans to call a general election. The Nikkei 225 index slips 0.55% premarket, while futures for the Topix slide 0.4%. The country's flagship Nikkei 225 surged to consecutive record closes over the last two trading days as election speculation mounted. The election--which could be held as early as next month--is expected to shore up confidence in Takaichi, giving her pro-market Liberal Democratic Party greater authority. Markets expect a Liberal Democratic win would lead to further fiscal stimulus, analysts at Panmure Liberum wrote before the election was confirmed. The Nikkei 225 is up 6.5% so far this year to Wednesday's close. (josephmichael.stonor@wsj.com)

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