Update 5: Tokyo Stocks Finish 2004 on High Note
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Asia&#39;s biggest stock exchange finished its final day of trading for 2004 Thursday on a high note, with stocks rallying to cap a year, during which the benchmark gained 7.6 percent on hopes Japan&#39;s economy is on a rebound.
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Asian stock markets closed mostly higher Friday, with the key indexes edging higher both in Tokyo and Hong Kong. Tokyo&#39;s Nikkei Stock Average of 225 issues rose 80.
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The Nikkei share average notched up its  biggest daily gain in two weeks on Thursday as investors took a  rally in U.S. stocks as a signal to buy, shrugging off the  yen's rise to its highest level in nearly five years.
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Tokyo stocks posted strong rises by  Friday afternoon as hopes for a seasonal year-end rally and the  imminent inclusion of oil and gas developer INPEX Corp. into  the TOPIX index, spurred buying in a wide range of stocks.
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Asia&#39;s biggest stock exchange finished its final day of trading for the year on a high note Thursday, with stocks rallying to cap a year during which the benchmark gained nearly 8 percent on hopes Japan&#39;s economy is rebounding.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average rose 1.47 percent  by mid-morning on Friday with broad range of stocks getting a  lift thanks to a higher-than-expected key figure in the Bank of  Japan's latest corporate sentiment survey.
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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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Japan'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 U.S. and other Asian markets.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average ended higher for  the third straight session on Tuesday amid a growing consensus  that Japanese shares would catch up with gains in overseas  stock markets despite recent poor news on the economy.
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Tokyo stocks finished higher Monday after Wall Street's strength Friday, as well as the release of a better-than-expected Japanese economic data. The U.S. dollar was down against the Japanese yen and the euro.
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Japan's Nikkei share average rose to its  highest close in four weeks on Friday as hopes grew for a  seasonal year-end rally.
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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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Tokyo shares end broadly higher    TOKYO, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks broadly extended their gains on Thursday, sending the key Nikkei index 1.22 percent higher.  The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average rose 192.34 points, or 1.22 percent, to end at 15,942.39.
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Tokyo stocks rebounded Friday on bargain-hunting in select blue chips, real estate and banking issues. The US dollar was higher against the Japanese yen.
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Japanese stocks rose, with the Topix index having its longest winning streak in 13 months. UFJ Holdings Inc. advanced after Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.
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A corporate spending survey that boosted optimism about Japan's economy drove Tokyo shares sharply higher on Monday, while other Asian stock markets traded around multi-month highs.
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Tokyo's Nikkei rose 0.49 percent to a  five-week closing high on Tuesday as growing optimism about the  domestic economic outlook buoyed small-cap stocks, but recent  gainers like miners fell on profit-taking.