Tokyo stocks rally on last day of trade
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Asia&#39;s biggest stock exchange finished its final day of trading for the year yesterday on a high note, with stocks rallying to cap a year, during which the benchmark gained 7.6 percent on hopes Japan&#39;s economy is on a rebound.
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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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Japanese stocks rebounded from earlier losses to end moderately higher on Thursday, helped by the weakening of the yen.
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TOKYO - Tokyo stocks ended moderately higher Friday as investors bought high-technology blue chips following recent declines. The dollar inched up against the Japanese yen.
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Tokyo stocks finished higher Monday after Wall Street's strength Friday, as well as the release of a better-than-expected Japanese economic data. The U.S. dollar was down against the Japanese yen and the euro.
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Tokyo stocks climbed Monday morning, encouraged by Wall Street&#39;s rally last week and an upgrade of major Japanese banks by an international credit rating agency.
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Japanese stocks jumped Friday after a three-day decline, aided by Wall Street's overnight rally, as investors bought technology stocks like Fanuc and shipping and trading company shares.
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Gains in banks and exporters helped lift  Tokyo's Nikkei 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&#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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A corporate spending survey that boosted optimism about Japan&#39;s economy drove Tokyo shares sharply higher on Monday, while other Asian stock markets traded around multi-month highs.
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Japanese stocks rose Thursday morning after climbing to the highest level in more than six years the previous day. The dollar was lower against the yen.
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Japanese stocks rose by midsession on  Wednesday as a rebound on Wall Street and the yen's weakening  against the dollar prompted buyers to scoop up exporters and  tech stocks including Advantest Corp.
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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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Tokyo's Nikkei average appeared headed  for its third straight day of gains on Thursday and was up one  percent by late afternoon as tech issues such as Shin-Etsu  Chemical were lifted by a rally in New York.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average was up 1 percent  by late trade on Thursday as gains on Wall Street encouraged  bargain-hunting in large exporters such as Toyota Motor Corp.  following nine days of losses.
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The benchmark for Tokyo stocks rallied nearly 1.9 percent Monday following last week&#39;s gains on Wall Street and an upgrade of major Japanese banks by an international credit ratings agency.
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Tokyo stocks posted strong rises by Friday afternoon as hopes for a seasonal year-end rally and the imminent inclusion of oil and gas developer INPEX Corp. into the TOPIX index, spurred buying in a wide range of stocks.