TOKYO scarpe air max 90 nere scontate , July 15 (Xinhua) -- The Nikkei stock index gained 0.64 percent Tuesday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street and investor optimism about upcoming earnings reports.


The Nikkei 225 index added 98.34 points to finish at 15,395.16, while the broader Topix index of all first-section issues gained 8. 22 points, or 0.65 percent, to finish at 1 scarpe air max 90 bianche scontate ,273.68.


In addition to stocks in New York lifting investors sentiment here and spurring a broad range of buying, local analysts said concerns over the health of the eurozone, triggered by a Portuguese bank, have begun to recede following a reshuffle of executives.


Portugal's top bank Banco Espirito Santo (BES) upset markets last week after parent company Espirito Santo International SA defaulted on commercial paper payments, sending the Portuguese and further European markets into turmoil last week.


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"In addition to rises in U.S. stocks, investor sentiment also improved as concerns eased over the financial system in the eurozone thanks to the reshuffle of executive members of Portugal' s leading bank," said Ayako Terada at Nomura Securities Co.'s investment research department.


But the main catalyst for buying Tuesday was increasing hopes for U.S. corporate earnings and signs from the U.S. Federal Reserve that it might raise interest rates after a string of robust economic data.


"The start of the U.S. earnings reporting season is supplying a general sense of relief for equity investors, as Citigroup's numbers came in better than expected. Solid earnings also help to mollify fears that share prices overseas may be overvalued. As Japan enters its own earnings reporting season, there could be a spillover effect that helps to nudge up price multiples, which still lag U.S. and European bourses scarpe air max 90 donne scontate ," said Naoki Fujiwara, fund manager at Shinkin Asset Management.


Investors are keenly eyeing hints from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen in her semi-annual monetary policy testimony to the Senate Banking Committee later Tuesday and to the House Committee on Financial Services tomorrow, for news about the central bank's interest rates and the health of the world's largest economy, brokers here said.


In currency trading, the U.S. dollar rose slightly, fetching 101.59 yen scarpe air max 90 uomo scontate , compared to 101.54 yen logged in New York on Monday afternoon. A weaker yen is a boon for Japanese exporters as it boosts their earnings outlooks and increases their profits made overseas when repatriated.


Among automakers, Honda accelerated 1.4 percent to 3,607 yen, while Nissan Motor Co. advanced 0.9 percent to close at 991 yen.


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Banking issues also performed well, with megabanks Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group jumping 1.0 percent to 606 yen and smaller rival Mizuho Financial Group gaining 0.5 percent to close the day at 201 yen.


Kyushu Electric Power also closed in positive territory, advancing 1.0 percent to 1,252 yen, following Japan's nuclear watchdog saying it will release on Wednesday a provisional report on restarting two nuclear reactors at the utility's Sendai plant.


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South Korean and US troops are to conduct an annual field exercise known as Foal Eagle (AFP PhotoKim Hong-Ji)

South Korea will soon announce its own tougher sanctions on North Korea, an official said Sunday, a move set to further heighten tensions as Seoul and Washington begin their largest-ever joint military exercise.


The new measures -- following Wednesday's decision by the UN Security Council to slap unprecedented sanctions on the North -- will be announced this week, a Seoul government official said on condition of anonymity.


The Security Council announced its toughest sanctions yet to punish the North for its recent nuclear and missile tests in violation of UN resolutions.


The North responded within hours by test-firing rockets into the sea. Its leader Kim Jong-Un ordered the nation's nuclear arsenal to be readied for pre-emptive use at "any moment".


The Seoul official did not elaborate on the South's separate sanctions. Yonhap news agency said they would include banning any ships which have previously docked in the North from South Korean ports.


A group of North Korean individuals and organisations believed involved in weapons development will also be added to a blacklist, it said, citing a government source.


In February scarpe nike air max 90 nere , in an unprecedentedly tough move, the South announced the total shutdown of a jointly-run industrial park in North Korea, saying Pyongyang had been using it to fund its nuclear weapons programmes.


On Monday South Korea and its close ally the US begin their annual Key ResolveFoal Eagle military drill.


This year's will be the largest-ever, with the US reportedly sending more than 15,000 troops -- four times as many as last year -- to the Key Resolve drill, which is largely a computer-simulated exercise.


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