Asian Stocks Had Biggest Weekly Gain in 7 Months; Sony Rises
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Asian stocks had the biggest gain in seven months on optimism the US economy is growing after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates and a government report showed an unexpected increase in retail sales last month.
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Asian stocks rebounded on Tuesday after strong earnings from technology heavyweight Apple  helped power some tech shares higher, while the yen's rally took a breather as risk appetite improved.
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Japan's main stock index rose to a  near-seven year high on Monday on signs of a big department  store merger, and the dollar idled around multi-week lows amid  expectations the U.S. may cut interest rates this year.
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Stocks gained on Friday, putting the Dow and S&P on track for their best week since March, after stronger-than-expected results from software maker Oracle Corp  helped the profit picture for technology.
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Asian stocks rose, led by exporters including Toyota Motor Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co., after a US manufacturing report boosted optimism that growth in the world&#39;s largest economy may strengthen.
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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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Asian equities were higher as the dollar clawed above last week&#39;s record low against the euro and firmed against the yen, sending shipping and steel shares higher.
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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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A corporate spending survey that  boosted optimism about Japan's economy drove Tokyo shares  sharply higher on Monday, while other Asian stock markets  traded around multi-month highs.
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Seven events that shaped your portfolio this week.
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Asia&#39;s biggest stock exchange finished its final day of trading for the year on a high note Thursday, with stocks rallying to cap a year during which the benchmark gained nearly 8 percent on hopes Japan&#39;s economy is rebounding.
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Asian stocks rose on Monday, gaining  1 percent as Microsoft Corp's audaciousbid for Yahoo Inc and  China's purchase of a largestake in takeover target Rio Tinto  boosted optimism over share valuations.
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Asian stocks jumped Wednesday morning in the wake of Wall Street's overnight surge spurred by the U.S. Federal Reserve's larger-than-expected interest rate cut.
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Asian stocks were mostly higher on Monday, led by electronics and telecoms firms, while oil extended gains and the dollar edged up ahead of an expected US Federal Reserve interest rate rise on Tuesday.
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Asian stocks briefly reached a one-month high on Tuesday with a big bank deal in South Korea helping lift sentiment, but the major currencies held steady ahead of a batch of influential U.S. data due this week.
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Japan's main stock index rose to a near-seven year high on Monday on signs of a big department store merger, and the dollar idled around multi-week lows amid expectations the U.S. may cut interest rates this year.
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Tech stocks such as flat-screen maker  LG.Philips drove Asian markets higher on Monday, while optimism  about the Japanese economy lifted Tokyo shares and kept the yen  at a five-year high against the dollar.