JGBs edge up on stocks dip, await BOJ rate clues
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Japanese government bond futures edged up on Wednesday on a dip in the stock market as investors awaited more clues on whether the Bank of Japan will lift interest rates later this month.
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NEW YORK - Stocks edged higher in early trading Friday as a slight dip in oil prices and a satisfactory report on durable goods orders cheered investors at the end of a losing week.    In the first hour of trading, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 10.93, or 0.1 percent, to 10,049.83...
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Japanese stocks edged up by Wednesday  afternoon, led by gains in firms like Mitsubishi Electric  Corp., as solid earnings at some U.S. technology companies  soothed worries about the sector's outlook.
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Japanese stocks will probably move higher on Monday as a recovery in U.S. stocks encourages investors to seek bargains among lagging issues, including high-tech shares.
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Japanese shares are expected to open  higher on Thursday, encouraged by solid gains in U.S. stocks  even as crude oil prices touched a record at over $52 per  barrel.
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TOKYO (CBS.MW) - Japanese stock indexes rose by midmorning Friday after the central bank&#39;s closely watched tankan business sentiment survey showed a better-than-expected confidence among large manufacturers.
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U.S. shares looked set to open higher on  Thursday, extending Wednesday's gains after relatively dovish  comments from Federal Reserve policy makers, but worries about  the extent of the U.S. slowdown may cap equity buying.
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Stock index futures rose on Tuesday, suggesting Wall Street will open higher, before quarterly financial results from investment bank Goldman Sachs Group  later on Tuesday.
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Japan's Nikkei average edged up 0.26  percent by midsession on Wednesday after the Bank of Japan's  quarterly "tankan" survey showed a weakening of corporate  sentiment that was in line with expectations.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average rose 1.47 percent  by mid-morning on Friday with broad range of stocks getting a  lift thanks to a higher-than-expected key figure in the Bank of  Japan's latest corporate sentiment survey.
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Stocks inched higher on Friday as news of weaker-than-expected January job creation bolstered expectations for steady U.S. interest rates.
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Japanese stocks rose on Tuesday on expectations that a Government report later today would provide further evidence of strength in the world&#39;s second-largest economy.
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Tokyo stocks edged higher Wednesday in cautious trading amid continued aftershocks from an earthquake that rocked northern Japan and news of a Japanese citizen kidnapped in Iraq.
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Stock index futures edged up before the start of Wall Street trading on Thursday with the focus on quarterly results from investment bank Bear Stearns  and a raft of economic indicators.
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Japan's Nikkei average is expected to  extend gains on Thursday as investors keep a healthy appetite  for blue-chip exporters after a fall in oil prices boosted  confidence over the U.S. economy and lifted Wall Street stocks.
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Japanese stocks edged higher Tuesday for a fourth straight session, led by brokerage and oil shares. The Nikkei 225 index gained 3.60 points, or 0.02 percent, on the Tokyo Stock Exchange to 18,149.90 points, adding to gains of 1.66 percent over the previous three trading sessions.
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Stock futures pointed to a higher opening  on Wall Street on Wednesday, as shares continue to rally  following the Federal Reserve&#39;s aggressive interest rate cut  that eased fears over the outlook for the economy.