but for today, many investors sold stocks in trading houses like mitsubishi and marubeni. itochu's forecast was downgraded. toshiba rose nearly 3% after the company said it's aiming to win orders for 64 nuclearower reactors worldwide and also said it may split its chip business and investors bought back stocks of toshiba after the new business plan came out. in currency markets, expectations for additional easing by the ecb this week. yen hovered near a seven-month low. the dollar/yen moved in a tight bend because they took a wait and see stance on the payroll data due out on friday. >> mayu, thank you. >>> in china, the shanghai composite finished up 0.3% after earlier falling 3%. news of an investigation into major brokerages continue to dampen sentiment. some investors snapped up bargains toward the end of trading. kerns over chinese markets weighed on many benchmarks in the region. seoul's kospi dropped 1.8%, its sharpest fall in more than two months. industrial output unexpectedly fell in october, that dragged down shares in samsung electronics. hong kong's hang seng