1. The Nikkei index rose 710 points to 14894.

2. The Nikkei hits a new high of 55,500.

3. The Nikkei average experienced a gain of 140.19 points on Friday.

4. Last week the Nikkei 225, the best-known market indicator, dropped to a 27-month low.

5. The benchmark Nikkei average tumbled 169 points, or 0. 9 percent, to 20, 197.sentencedict.com

6. In Tokyo Wednesday, the Nikkei index fell 70. 86 points to close the morning session at 20581. 22.

7. The Nikkei 300 index rose 0. 16 point, or 0. 05 percent, to 300. 89.

8. The Nikkei fell 4. 98 points Friday to 19868. 15 after a 138. 63-point fall Thursday.

9. On Monday, the Nikkei index fell 60. 40 points to close the morning session at 20608. 63.

10. The Nikkei 225-stock index has spent most of the past two years bouncing between 14000 and 20000.

11. The 225-share Nikkei index, meanwhile, continued its recent slide, closing down 122 points at 17, 358. 16.

12. The Nikkei 300 index fell 0. 45, or 0. 15 percent, to 297. 38.

13. The benchmark 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closed the session 201.88 points down, or 1.51 percent, at 12,681.66.

14. Worse, the recent fall in the Nikkei is eroding their capital base.

15. The Nikkei index has fallen by 60 percent from its peak, and is now testing the 17,000 level.

16. The Nikkei index rose 1,252.51 points, to close at 17,850.66, recording the fifth largest single-day gain on record.

17. The Nikkei hits a new high of 55,500. Happy New Year.

18. At current Nikkei levels, analysts believe most banks already have implicit losses on these equity portfolios.

19. The Nikkei 225 average rose 158.49 or 1.2 per cent to 13,506.23 after trading in a narrow range between 13,441.52 and 13,573.55.

20. Nikkei Index hit in intraday low of 26 years.

21. It confirmed an earlier report by Japan's Nikkei newspaper.

22. Japan's Nikkei stock index reacted positively to Thursday's moves.

23. The Nikkei Index in Japan closed more than 2.5 % down.

24. In Japan, Nikkei index dropped about 3 percent, with markets in Australia and South Korea also lower.

25. When the volatile Nikkei stock index plunged 3.9 % last Monday.

26. The Nikkei fell 1.8 percent by the midsession, dragged lower by exporters like Honda Motor as the stronger yen promised to erode their profits.

27. Banking shares are also a key sector of the market, and any rally among them would push up the Nikkei significantly.

28. Even before the securities houses announced their decision, the advantages of issuing new equity had slumped along with the Nikkei.

29. Then, as the yen weakened again to 104. 2 in mid-September, the Nikkei bounced back to 18474. 38.

30. the world's second-largest steelmaker, climbed 3 percent to 508 yen after the Nikkei business daily reported it planned to spend 500 billion to 600 billion yen to build a steel factory in Brazil.