Tokyo Stocks Flat, Profit Hopes Lift MMC
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Tokyo stocks showed little movement by  mid-morning on Tuesday as recent gainers such as real estate and retailers met profit-taking, but optimism over improved corporate earnings lifted selective stocks including Mitsubishi Motors Corp.
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Japan's Nikkei average edged up 0.27 percent by midsession on Tuesday as buyers went after shipping firms with solid financial prospects while an upbeat earnings result and outlook propelled Mazda Motor Corp. higher.
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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 were flat in afternoon trade  on Friday as worries about record high oil prices took the edge  off investors' appetite for recently battered high tech issues  such as Sharp Corp
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U.S. stocks were largely flat on  Friday after data that boosted optimism about corporate profits  and consumer spending offset declines in Texas Instruments   following a downgrade of the stock.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average was up 0.61  percent by midsession on Friday as strong gains in U.S.  technology shares encouraged investors to buy local peers such  as NEC Corp. that have recently fallen heavily.
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Japanese stocks rose slightly in early trade Tuesday in the absence of market-moving news after a long weekend. The dollar was down against the yen.
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TOKYO - Tokyo stocks rose Wednesday morning as gains in such shares as technology and marine transport helped erase earlier losses prompted by an overnight fall in US blue-chip shares.
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Tokyo's Nikkei gained 0.9 percent by  mid-morning trade on Monday as technology shares mirrored a  rise in their U.S. peers, while Nippon Mining Holdings soared  on a raised earnings forecast.
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Japanese stocks are expected to change  little from the previous day's closing levels on Thursday as  investors await key domestic economic data and earnings reports  from companies such as Tokyo Electron Ltd.  September machinery  orders data is due on Thursday afternoon, ahead of Friday's  gross domestic product (GDP) figures for the July-September  quarter.
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Tokyo stocks rose on Wednesday for the fifth consecutive session, as investors bet on optimistic forecasts for steel and shipping issues and hopes for a more robust economic recovery in Japan.
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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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Tokyo's Nikkei average rose 0.35 percent  by mid-morning on Tuesday as investors sought bargains among  technology and shipping firms, but gains were limited by  caution ahead of a monetary policy meeting in the United  States.
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Japanese stocks meandered through the morning on light volumes and directionless trading. A return to wider market confidence remains elusive and the benchmark indexes dipped slightly going into the lunch break.
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Tokyo stocks edged down by midsession on  Tuesday as recent gainers such as real estate and retailers met  profit-taking, but optimism on improved corporate earnings  lifted selective stocks including Mitsubishi Motors Corp.
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U.S. stocks were little changed on Thursday, as optimism about technology profits helped cancel out worries about how much the credit crunch has hurt the economy, after disappointing earnings from Bank of America.
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Tokyo stocks were moderately higher early Thursday following Wall Street's gains. The dollar was down against the Japanese yen.