1. The Nikkei index rose 710 points to 14894.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Japan's benchmark Nikkei index trimmed earlier gains but still closed up nearly two percent.

11. Japan Nikkei index closed down more than 6 % at a 26 - year - low of 7162.9.

12. Nikkei index was off nearly 10 % at the close, the biggest one - day loss since 1987.

13. Japanese stock market's Nikkei index today shed 295.9 or 2.8 % to close at 10 , 202.36.

14. Asian stocks ended lower Tuesday, with Nikkei index losing 1.6 %.

15. Japan's Nikkei index picked up six-tenths of a percent on the day.

16. In Japan, the Nikkei Index was down by almost 3 % in midafternoon.

17. Global stock markets climbed Monday are strong, the Japanese Nikkei Index rose, leading financial stocks.

18. European shares .FTEU3 ended up 1.7 percent on Friday and Japan's Nikkei index .N225 hit a six-month closing high.

19. Fears of a wider-ranging debt default affecting other banks drove Japan's Nikkei index down two percent.

20. The Tokyo market controls more than 90 percent of cash equity trading while Osaka, located in the economic center of western Japan, draws the top volumes in Nikkei index futures and other derivatives.

21. Most Asian stock markets closed higher, despite the consolidation after the Nikkei Index fell 0.4 %.

22. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index tumbled 4 % and Japan Nikkei Index also fell nearly 4 %.