Nikkei closed above 9,000 on stimulus hopes

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Japanese equities extended previous gains on Friday on mounting hopes that the Bank of Japan will ease its monetary policy to stimulate faltering economy. Encouraging news from the US manufacturing sector as well as weaker Yen also boosted Japanese stocks. However, hints that the POBC is not going to provide large stimulus capped the upswing. The Nikkei 225 Index climbed by 0.22% to end the week above 9,000 at 9,002.68. A half of the sectors within the index climbed. The top-gainers were industrials and technology companies. Daikin Industries, Ebara and FANUC jumped 4.16%, 1.85% and 3.91%, respectively. Technology firms also advanced despite weak results of American counterparts. NEC soared by 10.48% after unexpectedly revising up its half-year profit forecast. The company raised its net income estimate from a net loss of JPY24 billion to a gain of JPY8 billion. Sending Japan's stock index lower, telecommunications and health care companies dropped 0.65% and 0.63%. Nippon Telegraph & Telephone slid 0.13% while Astellas Pharma and Chugai Pharmaceutical sank 1.02% and 0.59%
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