japans nikkei share average snapped a foursession losing streak on tuesday as investors bought back stocks underpinned by gains in uniqlo clothing shop owner fast retailing and technology stocks the nikkei index edged up 002 to 2762651 after slipping into the negative territory momentarily the broader topix inched down 011 to 192658 the nikkei was firm despite losses on the european stocks overnight after the euro dropped below 99 cents for the first time in 20 years and european gas prices surged after russia said its main gas supply pipeline to europe would stay shut japans economy is supported by various government measures and stable compared with other countries which gives a comfort to investors said shoichi arisawa general manager of the investment research department at iwaicosmo securities advt fast retailing gained 046 and provided the biggest support to the nikkei censor maker tdk advanced 206 chip giants tokyo electron and advantest edged up 031 and 131 respectively overall japanese equities are underpinned by expectations of domestic growth driven by various economic measures including further easing of border controls after tourism demand was hurt by the covid19 outbreak nomura securities strategist maki sawada said but caution about slowdown of the us economy capped further gains unitika surged 747 to become the best performer on the nikkei even after the textile maker was announced to be excluded from the benchmark in a regular reshuffle maruha nichiro cut early losses to end flat after the fishing company was excluded from the nikkei while hoya jumped 27 after the eyeglass lenses maker was added to the index reuters published on sep 6 2022 at 0434 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app nikkei today nomura securities uniqlo japan europe japans nikkei homenewsindustryjapans nikkei snaps 4day losing session as uniqlo tech gain