Nikkei Closes Higher for 4th Day
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Japan's Nikkei average closed up 0.75  percent on Wednesday, rising for a fourth day after an advance  in U.S. blue chips to their highest in three and a half years  offset an unexpected drop in Japan's trade surplus.
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TOKYO - Japan&#39;s benchmark Nikkei stock index hit a five-week closing high Monday on upbeat capital spending figures for the April-June quarter by Japanese companies.
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The Nikkei average rose 1.06 percent on Monday and was on track to record its highest close in nearly a month, as Canon Inc.  and others with strong profit prospects rose after a Bank of Japan survey showed improved Japanese business sentiment.
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The Nikkei average gained 0.74 percent on   Thursday, recovering from Wednesday's five-week closing low, as   easing concerns about a U.S. slowdown helped investors to turn   to Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. 4063.T, Toyota Motor Corp.   7203.T and others with good earnings prospects.
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The Nikkei average closed up 1.49 percent  on Friday, the first day of the fiscal second half, as a strong  reading in the Bank of Japan's "tankan" business survey  prompted investors at home and abroad to jump into the market.
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Tokyo stocks edged higher Friday morning amid some bargain-hunting in technology and auto companies. The U.S. dollar was higher against the Japanese yen.
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Oil price easing helps Nikkei snap nine-session slide; Hang Seng advances in pre-holiday trade. TOKYO  - Tokyo&#39;s Nikkei average rose 0.4 percent Thursday, snapping a nine-day slide on a technical
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Tokyo's Nikkei closed over one percent  higher on Tuesday after positive U.S. retail sales data eased  concerns about demand in Japan's main export market and spurred  buying of blue chips such as Sony Corp.
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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 share 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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Asian stock markets closed mostly higher Friday, with the key indexes edging higher both in Tokyo and Hong Kong. Tokyo&#39;s Nikkei Stock Average of 225 issues rose 80.
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The Nikkei share average rose 1.4 percent  by midsession on Thursday as investors took weak domestic  output data in their stride and flocked to recently battered  stocks, inspired by a steep fall in oil prices.
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Tokyo stocks are expected to open higher   on Tuesday, extending the previous session's 1.4 percent rally   following a rise in European shares and a drop in the price of   crude oil.
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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 edged up by midsession on Thursday, bolstered by gains in resources-related stocks such as Nippon Oil Corp. after a rise in crude oil prices above &#36;48 a barrel.
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The Nikkei average climbed to its highest  close in a week on Thursday, rising 1.69 percent as exporters  including Toshiba Corp. and Canon Inc. gained ground after a  fall in the yen spurred optimism about their earnings.
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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.