2011年4月20日星期三

Increase in Stocks of the Japan for the first time in four days on U.S. housing starts

April 20, 2011, 2: 47 PM EDT by Norie Kuboyama and Satoshi Kawano

April 20 (Bloomberg) - Japanese stocks advanced near two weeks after the U.S. implemented construction increased and revenues exceeded estimates to companies, including Johnson & Johnson, the largest in the world of signaling economy is recovering.

FANUC Corp., largest maker of the Japan of industrial robots, gained 2.3%. Toshiba Corp., Advantest Corp. and other chip manufacturers and related tools of advanced after Intel Corp. sales forecast that can top estimates. Inpex Corp., most of the country's oil Explorer, rose to 3.1% increase in the price of the crude.The Nikkei 225 Stock average reached 1.8% 9,606.82 as of the close in Tokyo, the largest gain since April 8. The broader Topix advanced 1.2% to 837.17. Index has decreased about 10 per cent since the magnitude-9 earthquake and tsunami on March 11 which devastated the northeast coast of the Japan and paralyzed a nuclear power plant. "" You are seeing signs in Europe and the United States are always on the road to recovery, "said Hiroichi Nishi, a manager of shares to SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. in Tokyo. "That has helped ease the nerves."The standard & poor 500 Index gained 0.6% yesterday in New York after the Commerce Department said housing starts increased 7.2% in March from February. Work has begun on 549,000 homes, exceeding forecasts median 520 000 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News.Exporters ClimbJapan exporters gained after housing report. FANUC, a manufacturer of equipment for factory obtains approximately 80% of sales abroad, increased by 2.3% to 13,190 yen. Sony Corp., most large exporter of the Japan of electronics, increased by 0.9% to 2,458 yen. Automakers including Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co., and Nissan Motor Co. said.Shares also gained after yesterday in Europe and the US companies reported results that beat projections, help boost confidence in the global recovery. Johnson & Johnson, vendor of second largest in the world of health products, forecast earnings of 4.90 $ to $ 5 a share, better than an estimate of $ 4.80 to $ 4.90 in businesses related to the January.Chip advanced after Intel, the world's largest producer in the World Semiconductorthe second-quarter sales forecast that can top analysts estimates. The demand for processors for powerful machines that manage Web services is outweigh personal computer slower growth, said the company based in Santa Clara, Californie.Intel stimulates the ChipmakersToshiba, the second global manufacturer of chips used to store photos and music in smartphones and other portable devicesrose 3.7% to 416 yen. Advantest, the world's largest manufacturer of semiconductor test equipment and Elpida Memory Inc., exclusive manufacturer of the Japan of PC memory, also rose.Toshiba received boost after Nomura Holdings Inc. reiterated its "buy" rating on the company, saying that chip company would drive earnings, even as sales related to nuclear energy in the fall following the disaster of last month. Shares of the company, which makes everything from semiconductors to atomic plants, have fallen 17 percent since the earthquake and tsunami that caused explosions and radiation leak in Fukushima Dai-Central Ichi of Tokyo Electric Power Co..Currency of weak Japan, giving relief to exporters in the country. The depreciated yen low as 119.67 against the euro today in Tokyo, compared with 117.24 end of stock trading yesterday on speculation, the Central Bank European will raise interest rates. Against the dollar, currency of Japan weakened the 82.44.Oil 83.10 and trading companies of such as the rise in the price of crude oil and metal. Inpex reached 3.1 per cent yen 601,000 after crude oil for may delivery gained $1.03 to $108.15 US per barrel yesterday in New York. Mitsubishi Corp., largest trader of the Japan-based products, advanced after the London Metal Exchange six metals Index had its biggest gain in nearly two weeks.

-With the assistance of Toshiro Hasegawa in Tokyo. Editors: Jason Clenfield, Nick Gentle.

To communicate with journalists for this story: Norie Kuboyama in Tokyo at the nkuboyama@bloomberg.net; Satoshi Kawano in Tokyo, at skawano1@bloomberg.net.

To contact the responsible editor of the story: Nick Gentle at ngentle2@bloomberg.net.


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