Nikkei Average Rises One Percent
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The Nikkei average rose one percent in  early Friday trade after Japanese GDP data, although weak,  confounded some players' fears of a contraction and drew buyers  back to brokers and tech shares.
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Japan's Nikkei average rose 0.39 percent  by midsession on Friday, bolstered by solid gains in stocks  dependent on domestic business such as Kao Corp. 4452.T.
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Tokyo's Nikkei stock average rose 1.16 percent by midday on Tuesday as gains on Wall Street and a slip in crude oil prices encouraged investors to scoop up bargains following seven straight days of losses.
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The Nikkei average rose 1.06 percent by   midday on Wednesday, recovering from a one-month closing low   the previous day as heavyweights such as Fast Retailing Co.   Ltd. 9983.T led the market higher after a rally in U.S.   shares.
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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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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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Tokyo's TOPIX index  rose 1.30 percent on Wednesday, gaining for the first time in six sessions as investors picked up recently battered stocks such as Softbank Corp.  and Fast Retailing Co. Ltd. .
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Tokyo's Nikkei average rose 0.69 percent  by mid-morning on Tuesday as another jump in U.S. technology  shares encouraged investors to step up buying in local  counterparts such as Advantest Corp.
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The Nikkei average rose 1.38 percent on   Monday, hitting its highest levels in more than three months,   as exporters such as Canon Inc. 7751.T gained on a slightly   stronger than expected U.S. jobs report.
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The Nikkei average was up 0.79 percent on   Tuesday as investors picked up exporters such as Advantest Corp   6857.T and TDK Corp. 6762.T on hopes that a cheap yen would   boost their profits.
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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 key Nikkei average rose 1.14  percent by midday on Thursday as gains on Wall Street  encouraged investors to scoop up bargains, including key  technology stocks, following the market's nine previous days of  losses.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average was up 0.88  percent by mid-afternoon on Friday, bolstered by gains in  Nippon Steel Corp. and its rivals after firm Chinese growth  data eased concern over a slowdown in one of Japan's biggest  export markets.
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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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The Nikkei rose 1.13 percent on Thursday  as Advantest Corp. (6857.T) and other blue chips gained on the  view that they had fallen too far in a six-week tumble, but  worries about the U.S. economy limited rises.
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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 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.