11.   Automakers such as Toyota Motor Corp. and real estate companies like Mitsui Fudosan Co. also led gainers.

12.   Bank and computer shares led gainers.

13.   Bank and other financial service shares led gainers in the broader market.

14.   Banks led gainers, boosted by expectations for unchanged interest rates and amid perceptions of greater stability in Asia.

15.   Big state companies led gainers.

16.   A rise in shares of Nikon Corp. and other precision instrument and electronics exporters led gainers.

17.   Acindar Industria Argentinas de Aceros SA and Siderca SA led gainers.

18.   Air transport stocks such as Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways Co. Ltd. led gainers.

19.   Alcoa and Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. led gainers in the Dow industrials.

20.   AlliedSignal Inc. led gainers.