Topix Index Advances to Recover Losses From Lehman Crash
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The Topix Index climbed the most in a month, erasing losses from the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., as Japanese markets reopened from a holiday during which the yen slid and U.S. jobs data beat estimates.
Sony Corp., Japan’s No. 1 exporter of consumer electronics, rose 6.4 percent. Toyota Motor Corp. added 4.9 percent after the Nikkei newspaper reported the carmaker will beat profit estimates when it posts results tomorrow. Japan Steel Works Ltd., which forges reactor containment vessels, surged 16 percent after Japan won its first nuclear plant order since the Fukushima meltdowns.