Japan Stocks End Higher
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Japan's Nikkei average ended up 0.25 percent on Tuesday, the first trading day of 2005, as core blue chips including Sony Corp. gained ground on optimism about the country's economy and stock market.
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Japanese stocks rose Thursday morning after climbing to the highest level in more than six years the previous day. The dollar was lower against the yen.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average closed over one  percent higher on Tuesday after positive U.S. retail sales data  eased concern about demand in Japan's main export market and  spurred buying of blue chips such as Sony Corp.
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Japan's Nikkei share average rose half a percent to its highest close in five months on Tuesday after the release of economic data that supported views that Japan's economic slowdown would be temporary.
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Tokyo stocks ended higher for the fifth straight session Wednesday on optimism for solid corporate earnings and hopes for economic recovery.
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Japan's Nikkei average was up 1.22  percent at midsession on Friday after touching its highest in 2  months on gains on Wall Street that stoked optimism about the  U.S. economy and the outlook for Japan's export-led recovery.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average rose for the first  time in three sessions to close 0.62 percent higher on  Wednesday after investors found positive signs in revised  Japanese economic growth figures that were sluggish overall.
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Japan's Nikkei share average closed  higher for the first time in three sessions Monday, as a weaker  yen against the dollar helped auto exporters such as Honda  Motor Co. Ltd.
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Japan's Nikkei average climbed more than  one percent by late Friday afternoon and looked set to hit a 2  1/2-month closing high, with analysts saying the market still  looked cheap compared with other Asian markets.
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The Nikkei average rose 0.79 percent on Monday to end at its highest close in nearly a month, as Canon Inc.  and others with strong profit prospects rose after a Bank of Japan survey showed improved Japanese business sentiment.
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Asian stock markets ended broadly higher on Thursday as investors took their cue from a late rally on Wall Street.
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Tokyo stocks advanced moderately Wednesday morning as investors were cheered by year-end highs on Wall Street. The dollar was up against the yen.
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Tokyo's Nikkei closed over one percent  higher on Tuesday after positive U.S. retail sales data eased  concerns about demand in Japan's main export market and spurred  buying of blue chips such as Sony Corp.
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Japan's Nikkei average climbed more than one percent by late Friday afternoon and looked set to hit a 2 1/2-month closing high, with analysts saying the market still looked cheap compared with other Asian markets.
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TOKYO: Japan&#39;s Nikkei average inched higher on Thursday, helped by gains in steel producers like JFE Holdings after Nissan Motor said it was suffering from a shortage of steel.
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Tokyo stocks finished sharply higher Monday, fueled by Wall Street's gains last week. The U.S. dollar was higher against the Japanese yen.
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Share prices closed higher across the board in Tokyo this morning, as investors were cheered by last night&#39;s gains on Wall Street.