Japanese stocks rise to new 7-year high
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Japanese stocks rose to a seven-year high Monday, lifted by stronger-than-expected machinery orders. The Nikkei 225 index climbed 121.04 points, or 0.67 percent, on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, to 18,261.98 points, the index's highest close since May 2, 2000.
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Japan's benchmark stock index rose more than 2 percent Thursday as traders were encouraged by rising shares in other Asian markets and bought real estate and bank issues.
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Japan's Nikkei share average rose to its  highest close in four weeks on Friday as hopes grew for a  seasonal year-end rally.
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Japanese stocks rose Friday for a second session, supported by stronger-than-expected machinery orders and overnight gains on Wall Street.
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Japanese stocks end at seven-year highs, amid reports of a possible huge retail merger in the country.
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Japan's Nikkei average rose 0.67 percent at the opening on Monday after crude oil dropped back from record highs above &#36;49 a barrel, encouraging some investors to return to the Tokyo stock market in search of bargains.
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Japanese shares are expected to open  higher on Thursday, encouraged by solid gains in U.S. stocks  even as crude oil prices touched a record at over $52 per  barrel.
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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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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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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'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 rose 1.09 percent on   Monday to its highest level in more than three months on gains   in exporters such as Canon Inc. 7751.T after U.S. stocks rose   on a report showing U.S. job growth was slightly stronger than   expected.
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Japanese stocks surged Thursday amid optimism about the outlook for the U.S. economy, Japan's biggest export market, after comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve's chief alleviated worries about higher interest rates.
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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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Asian stocks outside Japan hit a 7-year high Monday as falling oil prices eased concern over corporate profits and shares in display makers surged on hopes flat-screen prices will hit bottom soon.
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Japan's Nikkei average rose 0.67 percent  at the opening on Monday after crude oil dropped back from  record highs above $49 a barrel, encouraging some investors to  return to the Tokyo stock market in search of bargains.
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Japanese stocks gained Monday, boosted by continued yen weakness and  the recovery of some erstwhile favourites in the domestic sector.