Asia Shares Higher on BOJ Survey; Gold Up
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Asian stocks rose on Friday as an upbeat Japanese corporate sentiment survey cheered investors, while gold prices traded at a 5-1/2-month high on concerns that high energy costs would lift inflation.
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Asian stock markets inched higher on  Wednesday on growing expectations of an extended pause in U.S.  interest rate rises, but gains were limited by worries of  flagging consumer confidence in the world's biggest economy.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average rose 1.33 percent  by midday on Friday, led higher by banks and insurers thanks to  a better-than-expected corporate sentiment survey by the Bank  of Japan.
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Shares in tech bellwethers Intel Corp. and Yahoo Inc. rose in after-hours trade on upbeat earnings reports, driving Asian shares higher Wednesday as oil prices retreated from record highs.
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Asian stocks rose after comments by Vice Premier Huang Ju increased optimism that China won&#39;t adopt new measures to slow the economy.
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Asian stock markets rebounded on Monday, with South Korea reaching a new peak as gains on Wall Street helped soothe worries about overheating in China's red-hot share markets.
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Asian shares vaulted ahead on Thursday as lower oil prices and strong trade data in Japan boosted investor confidence that global economic growth could be sustained.
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Gold was steady at above $400 in Asia  on Tuesday on Japanese buying, but other precious metals were  volatile ahead of the release of more U.S. data, dealers said.
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Asian shares rallied on Thursday,  with Taiwan jumping more than 3 percent, as technology issues  chased a rise in their U.S. peers and investors showed  resilience to record oil prices.
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Asian stocks rose on Monday, with China's market surging to an all-time high and South Korea also hitting a record, as a rally in metals prices lifted miners and a stronger dollar boosted shares in Japanese exporters.
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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 U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate rise on Tuesday.
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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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Asian shares vaulted ahead on  Thursday as lower oil prices and strong trade data in Japan  boosted investor confidence that global economic growth could  be sustained.
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Oil moved higher on Thursday alongside  gold, which rose after Pakistani opposition leader Benazir  Bhutto was killed in a gun and bomb attack.
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Asian stocks edged higher on Monday following a strong performance by Wall Street last week, but Seoul shares eased from a record high as Kookmin Bank dropped after being ordered to pay back taxes.
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Gold hit its highest level in more  than 16 years on Tuesday as a steadier dollar failed to cool  worries over the currency's outlook, while Asian stocks gained  modestly after a solid performance on Wall Street.
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Asian stocks rose on Wednesday, with Japan's Nikkei at its highest in nearly seven years on gains in tech firms and blue chips such as Sony Corp., while the dollar steadied after dropping on a big U.S. trade deficit.