Nikkei Rises by Midday
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Gains in banks and exporters helped lift  Tokyo's Nikkei average 0.84 percent by midday on Tuesday as a  fall in crude oil prices and a rebound in U.S. stocks led  buyers to pick up shares hit by the index's recent sharp  losses.
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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 &#36;48 a barrel.
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Tokyo's Nikkei stock average rose 1.16  percent by midday on Tuesday as gains on Wall Street and a slip  in crude oil prices encouraged investors to scoop up bargains  after seven straight days of losses.
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Tokyo stocks were higher at midday on Wednesday thanks to gains in telecom shares and a handful of small-caps, but the rise was limited as big technology firms wilted ahead of a business update from bellwether Intel Corp.
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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 stocks rose Thursday morning, following earlier gains by US shares on Wall Street. The dollar was up against the Japanese yen.
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Tokyo stocks were higher at midday on  Wednesday thanks to gains in telecom shares and a handful of  small-caps, but the rise was limited as big technology firms  wilted ahead of a business update from bellwether Intel Corp.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average rose 1.33 percent  by midday on Friday, led higher by banks and insurers thanks to  a higher-than-expected key figure in the Bank of Japan's latest  corporate sentiment survey.
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Tokyo's Nikkei share average was up 0.56  percent in early morning trade on Tuesday as another jump in  U.S. technology shares encouraged investors to step up buying  in local counterparts such as Advantest Corp.
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The Nikkei average rose 0.5 percent by  midsession on Monday, recovering from a four-day losing streak  on bargain-hunting in banks and some blue chips due to their  brighter earnings prospects.
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Tokyo shares were higher in morning trade, as domestic-oriented issues climbed on optimism that economic growth is set to pick up by the middle of the year.
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The Nikkei share average notched up its  biggest daily gain in two weeks on Thursday as investors took a  rally in U.S. stocks as a signal to buy, shrugging off the  yen's rise to its highest level in nearly five years.
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Tokyo&#39;s Nikkei share average was up 0.56 percent in early morning trade on Tuesday as another jump in US technology shares encouraged investors to step up buying in local counterparts such as Advantest Corp.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average rose 0.13 percent  by midday on Tuesday as investors sought bargains among  technology firms, but gains were limited by caution ahead of a  monetary policy meeting in the United States.
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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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Tokyo stocks rose by mid-morning on  Monday with a broad range of issues getting a lift from a key  survey that boosted optimism on Japan's economic outlook, with  expectations rising that growth figures will be revised up.
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Japan&#39;s Nikkei 225 average is up about 0.4 percent by midday on Wednesday as a rally in US stocks inspired buying. Taiwan, New Zealand and Singapore are also higher, but there are slight falls in South Korea and Australia.