Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Japan stocks rally, as Nikkei Average tops 10,000

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- An ever-weakening yen and fresh U.S. stock gains overnight sent Japan's stock market into another rally Wendesday, with the Nikkei Stock Average /quotes/zigman/5986735 JP:100000018 +2.15% rising 1.4% to 10,057.90, busting the 10,000 level for the first time since April. The broader Topix rose 1.5%. With the dollar now well above the 84-yen level on expectations of further easing at the Bank of Japan later this week, exporters had some very strong gains. Sharp Corp. /quotes/zigman/197304 JP:6753 -6.42% /quotes/zigman/197313/quotes/nls/shcaf SHCAF +8.27% rocketed 5.5% higher, Canon Inc. /quotes/zigman/192200 JP:7751 +5.86% /quotes/zigman/192225/quotes/nls/caj CAJ +4.53% added 4.3%, Komatsu Ltd. /quotes/zigman/194546 JP:6301 +3.14% /quotes/zigman/194552/quotes/nls/kmtuf KMTUF +8.79% rose 2.9%, Honda Motor Co. /quotes/zigman/193651 JP:7267 +5.46% /quotes/zigman/193599/quotes/nls/hmc HMC +2.80% improved by 2.9%, and Nissan Motor Co. /quotes/zigman/196473 JP:7201 +5.00% /quotes/zigman/202910/quotes/nls/nsany NSANY +1.16% gained 2.5%. Hopes for a deal to avert the U.S. fiscal cliff of pending tax hikes and spending cuts appeared to boost banking shares, with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. /quotes/zigman/267078 JP:8306 +6.34% /quotes/zigman/392753/quotes/nls/mtu MTU +4.67% rallying 4.6%, Nomura Holdings Inc. /quotes/zigman/196701 JP:8604 +4.99% /quotes/zigman/134469/quotes/nls/nrscf NRSCF -4.39% /quotes/zigman/296367/quotes/nls/nmr NMR +7.32% surging 5%, and Daiwa Securities Group Inc. /quotes/zigman/192664 JP:8601 +3.74% /quotes/zigman/192671/quotes/nls/dsecf DSECF +0.27% up 3.7%. Shares of Toyota Motor Corp. /quotes/zigman/199438 JP:7203 +3.49% /quotes/zigman/199376/quotes/nls/tm TM +3.07% climbed 2.2% as the Nikkei business daily reported it plans to keep its global production at the current record high of about 9.9 million vehicles. Shares of Aeon Co. /quotes/zigman/193754 JP:8267 +0.73% /quotes/zigman/193759/quotes/nls/aonnf AONNF +3.66% underperformed with a 0.7% rise after a separate Nikkei report that it plans to take over Warner Mycal Corp., a Japanese movie-theater venture with Warner Bros. Entertainment, to create what the report said would be the biggest collection of cinemas in Japan.

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Japan?s Nikkei tops 10,000 in mostly higher Asia

/quotes/zigman/5986735

JP : Nikkei Idx

Volume: 0.00

Dec. 19, 2012 2:55p

/quotes/zigman/197304

JP : Japan: Tokyo

Volume: 207.44M

Dec. 19, 2012 2:56p

Market Cap

?334.32 billion

Rev. per Employee

?39.56M

/quotes/zigman/197313/quotes/nls/shcaf

US : U.S.: OTCBB

Volume: 2,000

Dec. 13, 2012 3:52p

Rev. per Employee

$502,476

/quotes/zigman/192200

JP : Japan: Tokyo

? 3,435.00

+190.00 +5.86%

Volume: 9.32M

Dec. 19, 2012 2:56p

Market Cap

?4188.02 billion

Rev. per Employee

?17.61M

/quotes/zigman/192225/quotes/nls/caj

US : U.S.: NYSE

Volume: 1.29M

Dec. 18, 2012 4:03p

Rev. per Employee

$224,003

/quotes/zigman/194546

JP : Japan: Tokyo

? 2,103.00

+64.00 +3.14%

Volume: 7.39M

Dec. 19, 2012 2:56p

Market Cap

?1946.60 billion

Rev. per Employee

?43.59M

/quotes/zigman/194552/quotes/nls/kmtuf

US : U.S.: OTCBB

Volume: 9,657

Dec. 18, 2012 2:36p

/quotes/zigman/193651

JP : Japan: Tokyo

? 3,050.00

+158.00 +5.46%

Volume: 11.41M

Dec. 19, 2012 2:56p

Market Cap

?5144.46 billion

Rev. per Employee

?48.40M

/quotes/zigman/193599/quotes/nls/hmc

US : U.S.: NYSE

Volume: 438,602

Dec. 18, 2012 4:03p

Rev. per Employee

$613,604

/quotes/zigman/196473

JP : Japan: Tokyo

Volume: 24.24M

Dec. 19, 2012 2:55p

Market Cap

?3612.05 billion

Rev. per Employee

?59.37M

/quotes/zigman/202910/quotes/nls/nsany

US : U.S.: OTCBB

Volume: 73,369

Dec. 18, 2012 3:56p

Rev. per Employee

$753,124

/quotes/zigman/267078

JP : Japan: Tokyo

Volume: 159.87M

Dec. 19, 2012 2:56p

Market Cap

?5658.21 billion

Rev. per Employee

?52.97M

/quotes/zigman/392753/quotes/nls/mtu

US : U.S.: NYSE

Volume: 2.56M

Dec. 18, 2012 4:00p

Rev. per Employee

$669,011

/quotes/zigman/196701

JP : Japan: Tokyo

Volume: 82.44M

Dec. 19, 2012 2:56p

Market Cap

?1441.11 billion

Rev. per Employee

?55.81M

/quotes/zigman/134469/quotes/nls/nrscf

US : U.S.: OTCBB

Volume: 11,640

Dec. 5, 2012 11:57a

/quotes/zigman/296367/quotes/nls/nmr

US : U.S.: NYSE

Volume: 451,631

Dec. 18, 2012 4:02p

Rev. per Employee

$707,785

/quotes/zigman/192664

JP : Japan: Tokyo

Volume: 13.28M

Dec. 19, 2012 2:55p

Market Cap

?720.74 billion

Rev. per Employee

?30.11M

/quotes/zigman/192671/quotes/nls/dsecf

US : U.S.: OTCBB

Volume: 1,000

Dec. 7, 2012 9:33a

/quotes/zigman/199438

JP : Japan: Tokyo

? 3,850.00

+130.00 +3.49%

Volume: 12.14M

Dec. 19, 2012 2:56p

Market Cap

?12481.80 billion

Rev. per Employee

?65.90M

/quotes/zigman/199376/quotes/nls/tm

US : U.S.: NYSE

Volume: 611,981

Dec. 18, 2012 4:00p

Market Cap

$149.02 billion

Rev. per Employee

$835,720

/quotes/zigman/193754

JP : Japan: Tokyo

Volume: 3.60M

Dec. 19, 2012 2:55p

Market Cap

?761.22 billion

Rev. per Employee

?66.46M

/quotes/zigman/193759/quotes/nls/aonnf

US : U.S.: OTCBB

Volume: 1,400

Nov. 27, 2012 3:30p

Rev. per Employee

$844,655

Source: http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~r/marketwatch/marketpulse/~3/GYPYM3GOn_s/story.aspx

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