Foreign investors were net sellers of Japanese equities, -701.0 bln yen in the week to June 5, versus -491.2 bln yen the prior week.

Spot gold fell about $20 intra-day to $4,162.48/oz; spot silver fell about $1 to $63.98/oz.

At an investor briefing on the termination of its planned share issuance and cash acquisition, Yingli said high-performance AIPC is a key PC-industry upgrade with broad upside. The company, a notebook structural-module supplier, said it is following customers and increasing investment and would directly benefit if high-performance AIPC triggers a device-replacement cycle, though it does not supply core hardware.