Nikkei Turns Higher, Data Awaited
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Tokyo's Nikkei average rose by midsession  on Friday as optimism over Japan's economic outlook encouraged  buying despite sharp losses in U.S. shares.
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The Nikkei average rose 1.06 percent by   midday on Wednesday, recovering from a one-month closing low   the previous day as heavyweights such as Fast Retailing Co.   Ltd. 9983.T led the market higher after a rally in U.S.   shares.
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Tokyo's Nikkei stock average rose 1.16  percent by midday on Tuesday as gains on Wall Street and a slip  in crude oil prices encouraged investors to scoop up bargains  after seven straight days of losses.
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The Nikkei average rose 0.5 percent by  midsession on Monday, recovering from a four-day losing streak  on bargain-hunting in banks and some blue chips due to their  brighter earnings prospects.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average opened 0.59  percent higher on Tuesday as investors sought bargains among  tech firms and exporters, but gains were limited by caution  ahead of a monetary policy meeting in the United States during  the day.
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Tokyo's Nikkei stock average opened 0.36 percent higher on Monday as bargain hunters scooped up miners and other recent laggards following a 3.5 percent drop in the key gauge in the previous six trading days.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average opened 0.59 percent higher on Tuesday as investors sought bargains among tech firms and exporters, but gains were limited by caution ahead of a monetary policy meeting in the United States during the day.
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The Nikkei average rose 0.12 percent to a 7-1/2-month closing high on Tuesday, supported by gains in financial shares as investors saw chances of more industry consolidation and on optimism over Japan's economy.
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Japanese stocks rose by Monday afternoon  as the cheer over robust machinery orders data spilled over  into a second session, boosting optimism over the economy and  pushing up real estate firms such as Mitsubishi Estate Co.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average opened 0.64  percent higher on Monday as investors took a cue from gains in  U.S. technology stocks, snapping up Toshiba Corp. and several  other lagging high-tech issues.
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The Nikkei average opened 0.52 percent   higher on Thursday following gains on Wall Street while Canon   Inc. 7751.T rose on a bullish newspaper report and a   brokerage upgrade.
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Japan&#39;s Nikkei average rose more than 1 percent to a 2-1/2-month closing high on Friday, bolstered by Wall Street gains and a growing consensus that Tokyo stocks look cheap compared with the US and other Asian markets.
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Tokyo's Nikkei stock average rose 1.16  percent by midday on Tuesday as gains on Wall Street and a slip  in crude oil prices encouraged investors to scoop up bargains  following seven straight days of losses.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average rose near a six-month high by midsession on Tuesday, with retailer Ito-Yokado Co. gaining on solid earnings and optimism about the economy lifting stocks oriented toward domestic business.
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Japan's Nikkei average rose 0.49 percent  by midday on Thursday as investors bought exporters such as  Toyota Motor Corp. after a fall in oil prices boosted  confidence over the U.S. economy and lifted Wall Street stocks.
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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 finished higher Tuesday, defying less-than-optimistic government data about the state of the nation's economy amid conviction that its recovery will continue. The dollar was lower against the Japanese yen but higher against the euro.