Japanese Stocks Higher Despite GDP Data
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Tokyo's Nikkei average was 0.79 percent  higher at midsession on Friday, recovering from an early fall  on weak Japanese GDP data as some operators were relieved the  figure wasn't negative and others said it merely confirmed  their views on the economy.
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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 ended higher for  the third straight session Tuesday amid a growing consensus  that Japanese shares would catch up with gains in overseas  stock markets despite recent poor news on the economy.
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TOKYO (CBS.MW) - Japanese stock indexes rose by midmorning Thursday as exporters and banks led gains following the strong performance of their US counterparts, as well as the fourth session of falling oil prices in New York.
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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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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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Japanese stocks rose by Monday afternoon  as the cheer over robust machinery orders data spilled over  into a second session, boosting optimism over the economy and  pushing up real estate firms such as Mitsubishi Estate Co.
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The Japanese stock market rose on Friday after US indices climbed to record highs overnight. But the advance of the Japanese market was limited by falls in the consumer finance and mobile telecommunications sectors.
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Japanese stocks rose shortly after the open Friday, as investors welcomed a slight improvement in corporate sentiment registered in a key central bank survey.
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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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Japanese stocks rose, with benchmarks posting their first consecutive yearly gains in almost a decade. Exporters including Honda Motor Co.
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Japanese stocks rose moderately on Monday, as export shares responded positively to Friday&#39;s rise in US share prices and an upward revision in economic growth figures provided some support to domestic stocks.
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Japan'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 U.S. and other Asian markets.
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A stronger-than-expected reading on Japanese machinery orders pushed up machinery stocks such as industrial robot maker Fanuc Ltd. on Monday, sending the Nikkei average 0.55 percent higher.
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Japanese stocks rose Thursday amid optimism about the nation's economic propects, with bank and steel shares leading the way. The dollar was lower against the yen.
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The Nikkei share average notched up its  biggest daily gain in two weeks on Thursday as investors took a  rally in U.S. stocks as a signal to buy, shrugging off the  yen's rise to its highest level in nearly five years.
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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.