Nikkei Opens Firmer on Exporters
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The Nikkei average rose 0.24 percent at  the open on Thursday as a recovery in the dollar helped  exporters, though trade was slow as investors awaited key  domestic economic data and earnings reports from companies such  as Rohm Co.
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Japan's Nikkei average rose 1.61 percent  by midsession on Friday on a wave of short-covering after some  players bet the country's economic slowdown wouldn't last long  and bought stock futures while selling bond futures.
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The Nikkei average was up 0.34 percent by  midsession on Thursday as buyers went after companies with  solid earnings prospects such as Furukawa Electric Co. and  Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd., while the dollar's recovery helped  auto makers.
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Japanese stocks edged higher at Wednesday's open, though light profit-taking soon pushed the benchmark Nikkei downward while most investors awaited quarterly earnings results.
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Tokyo stocks opened higher Friday as investors hunted bargains after losses the day before. The dollar was lower against the Japanese yen.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average opened 0.59 percent higher on Tuesday as investors sought bargains among tech firms and exporters, but gains were limited by caution ahead of a monetary policy meeting in the United States during the day.
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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 0.35 percent  by mid-morning on Tuesday as investors sought bargains among  technology and shipping firms, but gains were limited by  caution ahead of a monetary policy meeting in the United  States.
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Japan&#39;s Nikkei average rose 0.73 percent at the opening on Thursday as investors bought exporters such as Canon Inc. after a fall in oil prices boosted confidence over the US economy and lifted Wall Street stocks.
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The Nikkei stock average rose 1.02 percent by midsession on Monday as investors were encouraged to seek bargains by a recovery in US stocks after crude oil prices retreated from record highs.
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The Nikkei average rose 1.24 percent by mid-morning trade on Monday as a recovery in U.S. stocks encouraged investors to seek bargains among lagging issues, including Hitachi Ltd. and other high-tech firms.
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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 opened down 0.29 percent on Monday with airlines, exporters and banks under selling pressure amid growing worries about higher oil prices and the domestic economic outlook.
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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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Tokyo's Nikkei opened 0.79 percent higher on Monday as technology shares, such as Tokyo Electron Ltd., mirrored a rise in their U.S. peers.
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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 opened up 0.58  percent on Monday with buyers picking up a broad range of  stocks after key economic survey renewed hopes over Japan's  economic outlook.