**ISUZU MOTORS DOWN ON PROFIT-TAKING AFTER 27 PCT SURGE**
Isuzu Motors Ltd down 12.77 percent or 6 yen at 41, hit by profit-taking after the truckmaker's shares soared 27 percent on Friday due to a media report Isuzu had won final agreement from its banks and partner General Motors Corp for an aid package including about $800 million in debt-equity swaps.
Isuzu confirmed the report on Friday after the close, but also slashed earnings forecasts, saying it now expected to fall deep into the red for the fourth straight year due to restructuring losses and would quit its U.S. sports utility vehicles (SUV) joint venture to focus on core operations.
Isuzu's shares were the most active by volume on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. 0030 GMT
**FANUC UP FOR 4TH DAY ON HIGHER EARNINGS FORECAST**
Fanuc Ltd up 2.65 percent at 5,040 yen, rising for the fourth straight session after the firm said on Friday it posted a small rise in half-year group net profit and raised its full-year forecasts on strong sales of its robotic factory equipment.
Fanuc, the world's largest maker of industrial robots, said group net profit rose 4.1 percent to 19.6 billion yen ($157.7 million) for the six months ended in September despite a 17 percent fall in revenue from a sharp decline in sales for factory automation equipment.
For the full-year to March, it revised up full-year group net profit estimates to 37 billion from an earlier 21.8 billion yen forecast. Fanuc also raised its 2002/03 sales forecast by 13.1 percent to 207 billion yen.
Fanuc's shares have now gained 13 percent in four trading days including Monday, outperforming the Nikkei average , which has given up about four percent. 0025 GMT **DAIWA UP AFTER HI PROFIT RISE, NIKKO UNCHANGED**
Daiwa Securities Group Inc up 2.86 percent or 15 yen at 540 after Japan's second-biggest brokerage unveiled on Friday a solid rise in first-half recurring profit as cost-cutting benefits helped partially ease the pain of a moribund stock market.
Daiwa's group recurring profit -- which excludes extraordinary items and is a key gauge of the health of brokerages' mainstay operations -- totalled 15.57 billion yen ($125.3 million) for the period, compared to 1.18 billion yen profit a year earlier.
Third-ranked Nikko Cordial Corp unchanged at 518 yen after it posted a recurring profit of 29.61 billion yen for the half year compared to 693 million yen a year ago, helped by a 15 billion yen gain from deals linked with the establishment of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) worth 1.1 trillion yen. 0010 GMT ($1=124.29 yen)