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Tokyo shares rebound by break on solid economic data

​Tokyo shares rebounded by ending the morning session Thursday on a solid report of Japan's core machinery orders and growing hopes that the planned sales tax hike might be delayed.

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Tokyo stocks open modestly higher on improving U.S. labor market

​Tokyo stocks opened higher early Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve decided to end its asset buying stimulus on the heels of continued improvement in the labor market the previous day.

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Tokyo stocks jump higher by midday on positive industrial output data

​Tokyo shares ended the morning session higher on Wednesday as sentiment here was boosted by a better-than-expected industrial output data for September.

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Tokyo stocks open sharply higher following Wall St. gains

​Tokyo stocks opened sharply higher on early Wednesday, with its benchmark Nikkei stock index briefly rising more than 2 percent following the overnight rally on Wall Street.

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Tokyo stocks open slightly lower on selling after rally

​Tokyo stocks opened slightly lower early Tuesday morning on selling after a nearly 4-percent rally the previous day.

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Tokyo stocks hit 4.5-month low on dollar's drop

​Tokyo stocks opened sharply lower on early Thursday morning, with its benchmark Nikkei stocks index hitting a 4.5-month low on the dollar's depreciation in New York overnight.

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Tokyo shares open sharply lower on U.S. market's losses

​Tokyo shares plunged by opening the trading Friday with its benchmark Nikkei stocks index hit a nearly two-month low after a big drop in the overnight U.S. stocks market.

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Tokyo shares end higher on weaker yen

​Tokyo shares ended higher on Monday as sentiment here was lifted by gains on Wall Street last weekend and a weaker yen.

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Tokyo shares open higher following gains in U.S. market

​Tokyo shares opened higher on Monday, tracing a buoyant overnight performance in the U.S. stocks market which was boosted by an upward revision of U.S. gross domestic product data for the second quarter of 2014.

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Tokyo stocks open lower on weak machinery orders data

​Tokyo stocks opened lower on early Wednesday morning, with investor sentiment undermined by Japan's weaker-than-expected core machinery orders data for July released before the opening quotation.

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Tokyo stocks open slightly higher following Wall St. gains

Tokyo stocks opened slightly higher early on Monday morning as market sentiment was lifted by pre- weekend Wall Street gains.

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Tokyo stocks drop 0.59 pct on firmer yen, profit-taking

​Tokyo stocks dropped 0.59 percent Tuesday as market sentiment was cooled by the yen's appreciation and profit-taking after recent rallies.

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Tokyo stocks surge sharply on weaker yen, U.S. market rebound

Tokyo stocks ended with a sharp surge Monday as market sentiment was boosted by a further depreciated yen and a strong rebound on Wall Street on Friday following better- than-expected U.S. jobs data for November.