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Fast Retailing shares slide in Tokyo after Uniqlo operator's results, yen warning
TOKYO, July 10 : Shares in the Japanese owner of clothing brand Uniqlo slid sharply on Friday after the company raised its profit forecast but warned about the impact of the weak yen.Fast Retailing slid as much as 5.1 per cent in early Tokyo trading. After the bell on Thursday, the company announced it was lifting its guidance for full-year operating profit to a record 730 billion yen ($4.50 billion).The company's shares have had a blistering run, up more than 42 per cent so far in 2026."The share price has risen over roughly the past three months, so a sense of the good news being priced in seems to have emerged, but bargain-hunting buying may eventually come in," said Jun Kitazawa, Deputy Manager, Investment Information Section at Miki Securities. While reporting strong results in the ni
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