Tokyo Stocks Close Up for Third Day
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Japanese shares rose for a third straight day on Thursday, advancing over one percent as a rally on Wall Street encouraged buying of technology issues such as Toshiba Corp. and Shin-Etsu Chemical
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Tokyo's Nikkei closed 0.36 percent higher  on Tuesday, snapping a three-day losing streak after crude oil  prices retreated from record highs hit the previous day, easing  investor concerns on the health of Japan's economy.
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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 rose 0.3 percent by midday  on Tuesday as another jump in U.S. technology shares fueled  buying of local peers such as Tokyo Electron Ltd. and earnings  optimism again buoyed some miners.
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Tokyo stocks closed higher Tuesday for the first time in eight sessions as investors bought high-technology stocks on upbeat earnings reports by Texas Instruments and IBM. The dollar was up against the Japanese yen.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average rose for the first  time in three sessions to close 0.62 percent higher on  Wednesday after investors found positive signs in revised  Japanese economic growth figures that were sluggish overall.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average was up 0.81  percent by mid-morning on Tuesday with gains on Wall Street and  a slip in crude oil prices encouraging investors to scoop up  bargains following seven straight days of losses.
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Tokyo stocks edged up at the opening on  Thursday, cheered by a rise on Wall Street, although gains were  limited as investors await a barrage of earnings reports from  blue chips such as Sony Corp
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Tokyo stocks opened higher Thursday as investors welcomed Wall Street&#39;s gains. The dollar was up against the Japanese yen. The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 issues was up 14.
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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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Tokyo's Nikkei stock average opened 0.36  percent higher on Monday as bargain hunters scooped up miners  and other recent laggards following a 3.5 percent drop in the  key gauge in the previous six trading days.
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Japan'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 U.S. and other Asian markets.
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The Tokyo stock market's main index edged higher Tuesday for the fourth straight trading day, supported by investor optimism about Japan's economic recovery. The U.S. dollar was higher against the Japanese yen.
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Japan's Nikkei share average closed  higher for the first time in three sessions Monday, as a weaker  yen against the dollar helped auto exporters such as Honda  Motor Co. Ltd.
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Tokyo's key Nikkei average rose 1.01  percent by mid-morning on Thursday as gains on Wall Street  encouraged investors to scoop up bargains including key  technology stocks following the market's nine days of losses.
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TOKYO - Tokyo stocks closed sharply higher Monday, driving the key Nikkei index to a five-week high on buying in a wide range of issues after a solid gain in US shares Friday.
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Tokyo's Nikkei stock average opened 0.36 percent higher on Monday as bargain hunters scooped up miners and other recent laggards following a 3.5 percent drop in the key gauge in the previous six trading days.