Exporters Lead Nikkei Up, Trade Slow
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The Nikkei average was up 0.37 percent in mid-morning trade on Thursday as a recovery in the dollar helped auto makers among other exporters, but trade was slow as investors waited for important Japanese economic data.
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Japanese stocks rose Tuesday morning, buoyed by bargain-hunting in export-oriented shares. The dollar was lower against the yen.
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The Nikkei average rose 1.09 percent on   Monday to its highest level in more than three months on gains   in exporters such as Canon Inc. 7751.T after U.S. stocks rose   on a report showing U.S. job growth was slightly stronger than   expected.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average rose 0.35 percent  on Thursday, snapping a nine-day slide on a technical bounce in  major exporters, but it ended the April-September fiscal first  half down 7.61 percent.
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Japan's Nikkei rose 0.97 percent by midsession on Wednesday as a rise in the U.S. Dow Jones average to its highest close in 3    years encouraged the view that Japanese shares are undervalued compared with overseas markets.
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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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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 1.22 percent on  Thursday as Wall Street's gains fueled buying of exporters such  as Honda Motor Co. Ltd. and a rebound in crude oil and other  commodities prices lifted trading houses such as Mitsubishi  Corp.
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Strong steel and car exports help Japan's trade surplus rise for the first time in three months.
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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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Japan's Nikkei average edged up 0.29  percent at the opening on Tuesday, with a second day of falls  in oil prices easing fears about the global economy and  prompting buying in exporters such as Sony Corp.
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The Nikkei average rose one percent in  early Friday trade after Japanese GDP data, although weak,  confounded some players' fears of a contraction and drew buyers  back to brokers and tech shares.
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Japan's Nikkei rose 0.97 percent by  midsession on Wednesday as a rise in the U.S. Dow Jones average  to its highest close in 3    years encouraged the view that  Japanese shares are undervalued compared with overseas markets.
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The Nikkei share average rose 1.4 percent  by midsession on Thursday as investors took weak domestic  output data in their stride and flocked to recently battered  stocks, inspired by a steep fall in oil prices.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average was up 0.18  percent by mid-morning on Wednesday, helped by Wall Street's  higher finish, but gains were limited by nagging concerns over  the global economic outlook due to surging oil prices.
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Japan's Nikkei average rose on Wednesday  after the Federal Reserve indicated the U.S. economy was  growing moderately, boosting exporters such as Matsushita  Electric Industrial Co. and Toyota Motor Corp.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average edged into positive territory by midsession on Friday, clawing back early losses as shares in some exporters such as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. gained on a weaker yen.