Japanese shares open up 0.48 percent on weak yen
Japanese shares opened 0.48 percent higher Friday, as investors continued to rally around the yen’s depreciation.
Japanese shares opened 0.48 percent higher Friday, as investors continued to rally around the yen’s depreciation.
Tokyo stocks surged 1.99 percent on Friday morning, as the yen resumed its downward trend and following another positive lead from the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Tokyo stocks opened 1.72 percent higher Friday after the dollar hit its highest level in more than two-and-a-half years against the yen.
Tokyo stocks opened 1.25 percent higher on Friday as the yen plunged on expectations that the Bank of Japan would take further easing measures at a policy meeting in late January.
Tokyo stocks were mixed on Friday morning after the Japanese central bank said confidence among the nation’s manufacturers plunged in the final months of the year.
Tokyo stocks slipped 0.14 percent Friday morning with selling on recent gains partly offset by a weaker yen.
Tokyo shares closed 0.15 percent lower on Friday, hit by sharp falls in mobile carrier Softbank and clothing company Fast Retailing.
Tokyo shares were mostly flat on Friday morning, weighed down by sharp falls in mobile carrier Softbank and clothing company Fast Retailing.
Tokyo stocks rose 0.44 percent Friday in volatile trade as the Bank of Japan kept interest rates unchanged and held off further easing measures.
Tokyo shares ended 0.25 percent higher in quiet trade on Friday as dealers picked up bargains after the previous day’s losses but with a lack of strong incentives to drive activity.
Tokyo stocks opened 1.62 percent higher on Friday, mirroring gains on Wall Street and in Europe, after the European Central Bank unveiled a plan to help ailing eurozone countries.
Tokyo stocks fell 1.17 percent in thin trade on Friday, tracking falls on Wall Street and European markets and ahead of a key meeting over aid for debt-hit Greece.
