Japan Stocks Edge Up
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Japanese stocks edged up by Wednesday afternoon, led by gains in firms like Mitsubishi Electric Corp., as solid earnings at some U.S. technology companies soothed worries about the sector's outlook.
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Japan's Nikkei average was up 1.22  percent at midsession on Friday after touching its highest in 2  months on gains on Wall Street that stoked optimism about the  U.S. economy and the outlook for Japan's export-led recovery.
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TOKYO : Japanese share prices closed 1.88 percent higher Monday, extending gains after another strong performance on Wall Street and a further drop in crude oil prices, dealers said.
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TOKYO: Japan&#39;s Nikkei average closed up 0.75 per cent on Wednesday, rising for a fourth day after an advance in US blue chips to three-and-a-half-year highs offset an unexpected drop in Japan&#39;s trade surplus.
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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.
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The Nikkei 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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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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Japanese stocks rose on Tuesday on expectations that a Government report later today would provide further evidence of strength in the world&#39;s second-largest economy.
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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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Japan&#39;s Nikkei average rose more than 1 percent to a 2-1/2-month closing high on Friday, bolstered by Wall Street gains and a growing consensus that Tokyo stocks look cheap compared with the US and other Asian markets.
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Japan's Nikkei average edged up 0.26  percent by midsession on Wednesday after the Bank of Japan's  quarterly "tankan" survey showed a weakening of corporate  sentiment that was in line with expectations.
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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 edged up 0.26 percent by midsession on Wednesday after the Bank of Japan's quarterly "tankan" survey showed a weakening of corporate sentiment that was in line with expectations.
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The Nikkei 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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Japan's Nikkei average edged up 0.25 percent at the opening on Tuesday as investors stayed optimistic about Japan's economy and bought banks and insurance firms.
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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 Nikkei average edged up 0.1 percent at the opening on Friday on more buying of exporters, including Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd., after another day of falls in oil prices eased fears about the global economy.