Nikkei Inches Up, Mazda Drives Higher
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Japan's Nikkei average edged up 0.27  percent by midsession on Tuesday as buyers went after shipping  firms with solid financial prospects while an upbeat earnings  result and outlook propelled Mazda Motor Corp. higher.
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Tokyo&#39;s Nikkei share average was up 0.56 percent in early morning trade on Tuesday as another jump in US technology shares encouraged investors to step up buying in local counterparts such as Advantest Corp.
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Japanese stocks edged higher at Wednesday's open, though light profit-taking soon pushed the benchmark Nikkei downward while most investors awaited quarterly earnings results.
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Japan&#39;s Nikkei average rose 0.67 percent at the opening on Monday after crude oil dropped back from record highs above $49 a barrel, encouraging some investors to return to the Tokyo stock market in search of bargains.
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Tokyo stocks edged higher early Wednesday, taking a cue from Wall Street where investors welcomed the U.S. Federal Reserve's upbeat view of the economy and its decision to raise interest rates. The dollar was lower against the Japanese yen.
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Japan's Nikkei average rose 0.37 percent in early trade on Thursday as investors bought exporters such as Canon Inc. 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 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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Tokyo stocks edged up on Thursday as tech  issues bounced back after their U.S counterparts made gains,  but car firms such as Honda Motor Co. Ltd. were a bit lower,  hurt by a fall in U.S. industry sales for August.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average added 0.8 percent  by midday on Thursday as tech issues got a lift from a rally on  the Nasdaq, but gains were capped and trading choppy as high  oil prices fueled concerns about the world economy.
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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's Nikkei average rose 0.67 percent  at the opening on Monday after crude oil dropped back from  record highs above $49 a barrel, encouraging some investors to  return to the Tokyo stock market in search of bargains.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average edged up by midsession on Thursday, bolstered by gains in resources-related stocks such as Nippon Oil Corp. after a rise in crude oil prices above &#36;48 a barrel.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average rose 0.89 percent by mid-morning on Thursday with carmakers buoyed by a weaker yen, while banks extended recent gains as investors welcomed progress in their handling of bad loans.
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Japan's Nikkei average rose 0.37 percent  in early trade on Thursday as investors bought exporters such  as Canon Inc. after a fall in oil prices boosted confidence  over the U.S. economy and lifted Wall Street stocks.
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Mazda Motor Corp. (7261.T) posted a 7.5  percent rise in quarterly profit powered by a favorable slide  in the yen and increased exports to North America and Europe,  and lifted its forecasts for record annual operating profit.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average was up 0.81  percent by mid-morning on Tuesday with gains on Wall Street and  a slip in crude oil prices encouraging investors to scoop up  bargains following seven straight days of losses.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average added 0.8 percent by midday on Thursday as tech issues got a lift from a rally on the Nasdaq, but gains were capped and trading choppy as high oil prices fueled concerns about the world economy.