Nikkei closes up 1.6%
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Tokyo&#39;s Nikkei average jumped 1.6 percent by the close on Friday as a rally on Wall Street and lower oil prices ignited broad-based buying, with weak Japanese GDP data causing only a brief stutter at the start.
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Japan&#39;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&#39;s economic slowdown would be temporary.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average was up 0.1 percent  by mid-afternoon on Thursday as a jump in oil prices lifted  resource-related stocks such as Nippon Oil Corp. and earnings  optimism boosted semiconductor shares.
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Japan's Nikkei average rose 0.67 percent to its highest close in 7 years on Monday after a strong jobs report in the U.S., and higher-than-expected machinery orders in Japan spurred buying of machinery and tech stocks including Fanuc Ltd. .
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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 following seven straight days of losses.
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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 due to optimism about  the country's economy and stock market.
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Japan's Nikkei average rose 1.62 percent by midsession on Thursday as investors, cheered by a jump in U.S. stocks, bought a broad range of shares including those they had avoided recently due partly to doubts about U.S. demand.
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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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Japan's Nikkei rose 0.97 percent by  midsession on Wednesday as a rise in the U.S. Dow Jones average  to its highest close in 3    years encouraged the view that  Japanese shares are undervalued compared with overseas markets.
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The Nikkei average rose 1.17 percent on   Wednesday, recovering from a one-month closing low the previous   day as heavyweight stocks such as Fanuc Ltd. 6954.T led the   market higher following a rally in U.S. shares.
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Japan's Nikkei average rose more than one percent to a 2 1/2-month closing high on Friday, bolstered by gains on Wall Street and a growing consensus that Tokyo stocks look cheap compared with the U.S. and other Asian markets.
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Tokyo's key Nikkei average rose 1.01  percent by mid-morning on Thursday as gains on Wall Street  encouraged investors to scoop up bargains including key  technology stocks following the market's nine days of losses.
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TOKYO : Japanese share prices closed 1.88 percent higher Monday, extending gains after another strong performance on Wall Street and a further drop in crude oil prices, dealers said.
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The Nikkei rose 1.14 percent on Wednesday as Softbank Corp.  and Fast Retailing Co. Ltd.  rebounded after recent drops.
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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.
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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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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.