Nikkei Ends Up Nearly 1 Percent
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Tokyo's Nikkei average rose nearly 1  percent on Tuesday to a six-month closing high, lifted by gains  in tech stocks such as Nikon Corp. after the U.S. Nasdaq  Composite Index snapped a six-session losing streak.
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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 edged up 0.25  percent at the opening on Tuesday as investors stayed  optimistic about Japan's economy and bought banks and insurance  firms.
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The Nikkei average rose 1.06 percent on   Wednesday, recovering from a one-month closing low the previous   day as heavyweight stocks such as Fast Retailing Co. Ltd.   9983.T led the market higher following a rally in U.S.   shares.
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Japan's Nikkei average climbed more than one percent by late Friday afternoon and looked set to hit a 2 1/2-month closing high, with analysts saying the market still looked cheap compared with other Asian markets.
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Japanese shares rose 1.3 percent by late  afternoon trade on Friday as a better-than-expected reading in  the Bank of Japan's corporate "tankan" survey of business  sentiment spurred buying.
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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.
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Japan&#39;s Nikkei average rose more than 1 percent to a 2-1/2-month closing high on Friday, bolstered by Wall Street gains and a growing consensus that Tokyo stocks look cheap compared with the US and other Asian markets.
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Tokyo stocks rose slightly in early trading Wednesday following Wall Street&#39;s gains, but many investors were on the sidelines ahead of the end of Japan&#39;s fiscal first-half.
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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'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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Japanese shares rose for a third straight day on Thursday, advancing over one percent as a rally on Wall Street encouraged buying of technology issues such as Toshiba Corp. and Shin-Etsu Chemical
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The Nikkei average rose 0.12 percent to a  7-1/2-month closing high on Tuesday, supported by gains in  financial shares as investors saw chances of more industry  consolidation and on optimism over Japan's economy.
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The Nikkei average rose 1.9 percent by  midsession on Monday as banks extended last week's gains and  strong gains in U.S. semiconductor chip stocks helped push up  Japanese peers such as Advantest Corp.
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TOKYO: Japan&#39;s Nikkei average closed up 0.75 per cent on Wednesday, rising for a fourth day after an advance in US blue chips to three-and-a-half-year highs offset an unexpected drop in Japan&#39;s trade surplus.
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Tokyo&#39;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.
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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.