19 April 2004, 12:23  Japan's Takagi says can't comment on UFJ share fall

The head of Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) said he could not comment on a steep drop in shares in UFJ Holdings <8307.T> on Monday after a newspaper said the regulator had found more bad loans at the bank. "I am not in a position to comment on UFJ's share price," FSA Commissioner Shokichi Takagi told a regular news conference. Shares in UFJ Holdings ended down 8.31 percent at 651,000 yen on Monday after a local newspaper said the banking authorities had found an extra one trillion yen ($9.24 billion) in bad loans at the bank. ($1=108.19 Yen)///

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