Asia Stocks, Oil Rise; Dollar Firm
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Asian stocks were mostly higher on  Monday, led by electronics and telecoms firms, while oil  extended gains and the dollar edged up ahead of an expected  U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate rise on Tuesday.
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The dollar strengthened above last week's record low against the euro on Monday, allowing shares in shippers and steelmakers to take Asian equity markets up, but nerves about the dollar's direction capped stock gains.
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MUMBAI: Asian markets were up in early trades on Wednesday. While Tokyo Nikkei gained 35.05 points at 10999.92, Hong Kong&#39;s Hang Seng index was up 34.
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Asian shares ticked higher on Tuesday  as oil paused in its near-daily record climb, providing  investors a chance to buy banks and some semiconductor shares  such as NEC Electronics Corp.
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Asian stocks edged higher on Monday following a strong performance by Wall Street last week, but Seoul shares eased from a record high as Kookmin Bank dropped after being ordered to pay back taxes.
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Asian shares stuck to narrow ranges Friday as record oil prices supported energy stocks and miners rebounded on steadier metals markets, countering worries about technology earnings and falls in Japanese automakers.
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The dollar ticked up on Tuesday,  extending its rebound from the previous day's seven-month low  versus the yen after a sharp fall in oil prices led traders to  scale back their bloated dollar-selling positions.
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Tokyo stocks sagged and the dollar  rose on Friday after Japanese economic growth was revised  lower, not higher as expected, while a global rally in  technology shares gathered pace in Asia, led by Samsung  Electronics.
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Asian shares traded flat to higher on  Thursday as investors picked through conflicting signals on  economic growth and pondered whether oil prices would fall  further after a steep slide overnight.
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Asian equities were higher as the dollar clawed above last week&#39;s record low against the euro and firmed against the yen, sending shipping and steel shares higher.
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Asian shares on Friday tracked a jump in U.S. stocks after oil prices dropped below &#36;49 a barrel, easing pressure on the global economy, while the dollar was mired near a record low against the euro ahead of U.S. jobs data.
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Asian stocks rose on Friday as an  upbeat Japanese corporate sentiment survey cheered investors,  while gold prices traded at a 5-1/2-month high on concerns that  high energy costs would lift inflation.
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The dollar edged up against the euro on  Friday, building on overnight gains made after the European  Central Bank reiterated that Asian currencies should be more  flexible, taking pressure off the single currency to rise.
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Tokyo stocks opened higher Tuesday after the dollar rose slightly against the yen and shares posted modest gains on Wall Street overnight.
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Asian stocks briefly reached a one-month high on Tuesday with a big bank deal in South Korea helping lift sentiment, but the major currencies held steady ahead of a batch of influential U.S. data due this week.
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Tokyo stocks moved higher Thursday morning as investors welcomed the U.S. dollar's jump against the Japanese yen.
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Asian stocks rose to a fresh life  high on Monday as investors bet there will be a U.S. interest  rate cut this week, which sent the dollar to a record low  against the euro and a basket of major currencies.