Nikkei Ends 2004 on High Note
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Tokyo's Nikkei share average gained 0.94  percent on Thursday, with carmakers such as Honda Motor Co.  buoyed by a weaker yen, while banks extended recent gains as  investors cheered progress in their handling of bad loans.
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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 due to optimism about  the country's economy and stock market.
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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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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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Tokyo's Nikkei average rose 0.7 percent  to a seven-month closing high on Thursday as brokerages rallied  on news of a possible merger between Daiwa Securities and  Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
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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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The Nikkei share 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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Japan&#39;s Nikkei average rose more than one percent to a 2 1/2-month closing high on Friday, bolstered by gains on Wall Street and a growing consensus that Tokyo stocks look cheap compared with the US and other Asian markets.
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Japan's Nikkei average surged to its  highest close in four weeks on Friday 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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The Nikkei average rose 1.06 percent on Monday and was on track to record 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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The Nikkei average closed up 1.49 percent  on Friday, the first day of the fiscal second half, as a strong  reading in the Bank of Japan's "tankan" business survey  prompted investors at home and abroad to jump into the market.
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Japanese stocks rose in Wednesday&#39;s morning trading on course for a seven-year closing high.
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Japan's Nikkei average closed up 0.75  percent on Wednesday, rising for a fourth day after an advance  in U.S. blue chips to their highest in three and a half years  offset an unexpected drop in Japan's trade surplus.
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The Nikkei average climbed to its highest  close in a week on Thursday, rising 1.69 percent as exporters  including Toshiba Corp. and Canon Inc. gained ground after a  fall in the yen spurred optimism about their earnings.
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Japan's Nikkei average rose 0.42 percent  by midsession on Wednesday and was poised to hit a five-month  closing high for the second straight day as a rally in U.S.  stocks inspired buying.
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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 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.