DJ Sony May Be Poised For Steep Fall Friday After Cutting Forecast -- Market Talk
0749 GMT [Dow Jones] Shares of Sony (6758.TO) closed up 1.5% at Y1,624, but those gains may be erased quickly tomorrow when traders react to the firm´s surprise slashing of its FY outlook to a loss after the market close. Sony said it now expects to lose Y110 billion in the full year through March--reversing a previously forecast profit of Y30 billion--and its second downward revision in just three months. It also said it would sell its struggling PC business, and that it will split off its TV business and operate it as a subsidiary. "It´s hard to say how much of the restructuring plan had been factored into prices; everybody knows how challenged the firm is in its electronics business," says David Rubenstein, tech analyst at Advanced Research Japan. "But the forecast cut was large enough to warrant alarm, especially as its rivals appear to be making progress with cutting off money-losing units." Sony´s shares are already down 11% for 2014, in line with the broader Nikkei.(bradford.frischkorn@wsj.com) Contact us in Singapore. 65 64154 140; MarketTalk@dowjones.com (END) Dow Jones Newswires
February 06, 2014 02:49 ET (07:49 GMT)
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