Stocks at fresh highs, yen stalls at 120 per dlr
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Global stocks hit record highs on Tuesday amid solid earnings and signs of consumer strength while the yen retreated from three-week highs, proving reluctant to break key resistance ahead of a weekend Group of Seven meeting.
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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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Tokyo stocks were higher early Friday as the U.S. dollar rebounded against the Japanese yen, following through its strength in New York where players reduced heavy dollar-bearish positions.
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Japan's main stock index rose to a  near-seven year high on Monday on signs of a big department  store merger, and the dollar idled around multi-week lows amid  expectations the U.S. may cut interest rates this year.
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The yen edged up against the dollar on  Thursday on lower oil prices, but gains were stemmed as  investors refrained from taking fresh positions ahead of the  Bank of Japan's corporate sentiment survey due on Friday.
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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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Japanese and European stocks scaled multi-year highs on Monday on talk of mergers and bids, while interest rate speculation saw the dollar strengthen against the yen, euro and sterling.
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Japanese stocks rebounded from earlier losses to end moderately higher on Thursday, helped by the weakening of the yen.
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Asian stocks touched one-month highs on Tuesday as worries about a global credit squeeze continued to recede, but caution ahead of influential U.S. data this week kept a lid on markets and major currencies.
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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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Tertiary index comes in at almost double expectations, drives up yen and helps Nikkei overcome oil. LONDON  - The yen hit a four-week high against the dollar Friday as stronger-than-expected Japanese service sector data raised optimism about the ...
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The yen stayed near one-month highs  against the dollar on Wednesday, supported by concerns that the  currency's relative weakness may be discussed at this weekend's  meeting of Group of Seven finance ministers and central  bankers.
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Japanese stocks surged higher after dipping on the open early Thursday, buoyed by a rally on Wall Street overnight. The dollar rose against the yen.
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Japanese stocks rose to a seven-year high Thursday amid recent yen weakness, which helps the nation's key exporters, and optimism over the nation's economic outlook.
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On the cross rates it was at 60.1 euro cents, 81.29 Japanese yen, 42.17 pence sterling, and 1.105 New Zealand dollars. On Wall Street stocks have jumped on news of a merger between retailers Kmart and Sears
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Stocks dropped on Thursday as gains in the yen raised concern that investors were being forced to unwind risky trades based on borrowing yen, in a repeat of a trend that sparked Tuesday's global market rout.
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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.