Nikkei Near 6-Month High
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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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Tokyo's Nikkei average was up 0.61 percent by midsession on Friday as strong gains in U.S. technology shares encouraged investors to buy local peers such as NEC Corp. that have recently fallen heavily.
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Japan&#039;s central bank looks poised to raise interest rates for the first time in almost six years in a show of confidence in the economic recovery at a key two-day meeting.
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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 edged up 0.25 percent at the opening on Tuesday as investors stayed optimistic about Japan's economy and bought banks and insurance firms.
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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 $48 a barrel.
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The yen hit a six-month high against the dollar on Thursday as falling oil prices boosted Tokyo stocks, while the dollar remained close to eight-month lows against the euro on concerns about the U.S. trade gap.
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The Nikkei average rose 1.88 percent to hit a five-week closing high on Monday as optimism about Japan&#39;s economy buoyed banks and exporters, while increases in the yen suggested a capital inflow into Japanese assets.
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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's TOPIX index  rose 1.30 percent on Wednesday, gaining for the first time in six sessions as investors picked up recently battered stocks such as Softbank Corp.  and Fast Retailing Co. Ltd. .
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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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Japan's Nikkei average rose 1.61 percent  by midsession on Friday on a wave of short-covering after some  players bet the country's economic slowdown wouldn't last long  and bought stock futures while selling bond futures.
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The dollar hit a six-week high against  the yen on Tuesday as investors worried about the impact of  high oil prices on Japan's economy while shrugging off news  that U.S. consumer confidence had slipped.
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The Tokyo stock market&#39;s main index climbed to a five-month high Tuesday on expectations share prices in Japan and the United States would rise in the coming new year.
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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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The yen hit a six-month high against the  dollar on Thursday as falling oil prices boosted Tokyo stocks,  while the dollar remained close to eight-month lows against the  euro on concerns about the U.S. trade gap.
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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.