Japan&#39;s Nikkei Has First Consecutive Yearly Advance Since 1995
232838
Japanese stocks rose, with benchmarks posting their first consecutive yearly gains in almost a decade. Exporters including Honda Motor Co.
19006
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 on optimism about the country's economy and stock market.
246066
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.
288284
Tokyo's Nikkei average rose 1.33 percent  by midday on Friday, led higher by banks and insurers thanks to  a better-than-expected corporate sentiment survey by the Bank  of Japan.
705315
TOKYO (CBS.MW) - Japanese stock indexes edged higher by midmorning Tuesday, building on a strong upward momentum in the previous session after corporate capital spending raised hopes that gross domestic product data will be revised up later in the week.
156875
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.
407048
The Nikkei average rose 0.53 percent by midsession on Tuesday as investors remained optimistic about Japan&#39;s economy, buying banks such as Mizuho Financial Group and shares in firms tied to domestic business.
353847
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.
603519
The Nikkei average rose 1.24 percent by  mid-morning trade on Monday as a recovery in U.S. stocks  encouraged investors to seek bargains among lagging issues,  including Hitachi Ltd. and other high-tech firms.
33574
Japan&#39;s Nikkei average rose more than 1 percent to a 2-1/2-month closing high on Friday, bolstered by Wall Street gains and a growing consensus that Tokyo stocks look cheap compared with the US and other Asian markets.
658189
Tokyo's Nikkei average rose for the first  time in three sessions to close 0.62 percent higher on  Wednesday after investors saw positive signs in revised  Japanese economic growth figures that were sluggish overall.
252279
Japanese stocks rose, with the Topix index having its longest winning streak in 13 months. UFJ Holdings Inc. advanced after Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.
209320
Tokyo's Nikkei average rose for the first  time in three sessions to close 0.62 percent higher on  Wednesday after investors found positive signs in revised  Japanese economic growth figures that were sluggish overall.
769474
TOKYO: Tokyo&#39;s Nikkei average rose 0.62 per cent by the close on Wednesday after revised figures on Japanese economic growth, while sluggish, came in better than some had feared and the yen edged down against the dollar.
697966
Japan&#39;s stock benchmarks gained after a government report showed industrial production rose for the first month in three, prompting optimism economic growth will be sustained.
202989
Hong Kong&#39;s benchmark stock index completed a second year of gains, its first consecutive advance since 1996. Banks and developers rose in 2004&#39;s final trading day on optimism a rebound in the property market will be sustained.
202190
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.