Japan Stocks Firm, Oil Fall Fans Optimism
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Japan's Nikkei average rose 0.49 percent  by midday on Thursday as investors bought exporters such as  Toyota Motor Corp. after a fall in oil prices boosted  confidence over the U.S. economy and lifted Wall Street stocks.
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Oil prices steadied on Tuesday after a $1 fall the previous day due to mild weather forecasts, while the yen gained broadly after a Bank of Japan policymaker signaled that interest rates could rise soon.
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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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Japan's Nikkei average edged up 0.1 percent at the opening on Friday on more buying of exporters, including Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd., after another day of falls in oil prices eased fears about the global economy.
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Tokyo stocks showed little movement by   mid-morning on Tuesday as recent gainers such as real estate  and retailers met profit-taking, but optimism over improved  corporate earnings lifted selective stocks including Mitsubishi  Motors Corp.
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Japanese shares rebounded from three-month lows on Tuesday but stubbornly high oil prices and concern over their impact on corporate earnings capped gains.
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Tokyo stocks rose Monday morning as investors took confidence from Wall Street's rally and a retreat in surging oil prices. The U.S. dollar was down against the Japanese yen.
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Japanese stocks were flat in mid-morning  trade on Monday with confidence in the domestic economic  outlook failing to offset profit-taking that hit recent gainers  such as insurers and real estate stocks.
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Tokyo stocks rose by midday on Thursday  as optimism over the domestic economic outlook lifted firms  such as Honda Motor Co., although gains were capped as  technology firms followed their U.S. peers down.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average closed 0.36  percent higher on Tuesday, snapping a three-day losing streak  after crude oil prices came off record highs hit the previous  day, easing investor concerns over Japan's economy.
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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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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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Tokyo's Nikkei average edged into  positive territory by midsession on Friday, clawing back early  losses as shares in some exporters such as Matsushita Electric  Industrial Co. Ltd. gained on a weaker yen.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average was up 0.18  percent by mid-morning on Wednesday, helped by Wall Street's  higher finish, but gains were limited by nagging concerns over  the global economic outlook due to surging oil prices.
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The yen steadied on Thursday after  bouncing back from recent lows against the dollar and the euro  as oil prices stepped down from this week's record highs, while  investors awaited key economic data from Japan.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average was up 0.18 percent by mid-morning on Wednesday, helped by Wall Street's higher finish, but gains were limited by nagging concerns over the global economic outlook due to surging oil prices.
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Asian shares were mostly steady  Friday as record oil prices lifted energy stocks and miners  rebounded on stronger metals markets, but Tokyo shares fell for  a sixth day on worries the cost of crude would hurt the  economy.