*Report of Japan- India resuming talks on nuclear co-operation pact buoys. Exporters led the charge, with Toyota Motor Corp rising 1.9 percent, Sony Corp jumping 5.5 percent and Komatsu Ltd advancing 2.2 percent after the dollar broke above the 103- yen level on Friday buoyed by strong U.S. consumer sentiment data.
Ford Motor Co. rose$. 44 or 3.0 percent, to $15.08. General Motors Co. rose $1.03 or 3.2 percent, to $33.42. Honda Motor Co. rose$. 74 or 1.8 percent, to $41.41.
Shares of automakers rose Friday, with General Motors Co. stock reaching its highest price in more than two years, as Europe became the latest part of the globe to report rising auto sales.
Ford Motor Co. rose$. 42 or 2.9 percent, to $15.06. General Motors Co. rose $1.19 or 3.7 percent, to $33.58. Honda Motor Co. rose$. 72 or 1.8 percent, to $41.39.
Ford Motor Co. rose$. 31 or 2.1 percent, to $14.95. General Motors Co. rose$. 71 or 2.2 percent, to $33.10. Honda Motor Co. rose$. 45 or 1.1 percent, to $41.12.
TOKYO, May 17- Japanese core machinery orders jumped a bigger-than-expected 14.2 percent in March, the quickest monthly pace in eight years, in a sign a weaker yen and surging stock prices are making companies more confident about investing in equipment.
*Japan stocks remain firmly footed in structural bull market- JPMorgan. *Hitachi up on higher operating margin forecast. TOKYO, May 17- The Nikkei share average rose on Friday with investors snapping up reflationary plays such as real estate stocks on the dips- posting a second week of gains supported by the benign effects of a weak yen.
TOKYO, May 17- Japanese core machinery orders jumped a bigger-than-expected 14.2 percent in March, the quickest monthly pace in eight years, in a sign a weaker yen and surging stock prices are making companies more confident about investing in equipment.
Ford Motor Co. fell$. 03 or. 2 percent, to $14.64. General Motors Co. rose$. 08 or. 2 percent, to $32.39. Honda Motor Co. fell$. 68 or 1.6 percent, to $40.67.
Ford Motor Co. rose$. 08 or. 5 percent, to $14.75. General Motors Co. rose$. 19 or. 6 percent, to $32.50. Honda Motor Co. fell$. 60 or 1.5 percent, to $40.75.
Ford Motor Co. rose$. 10 or. 7 percent, to $14.77. General Motors Co. rose$. 14 or. 4 percent, to $32.45. Honda Motor Co. fell$. 49 or 1.2 percent, to $40.86.
DETROIT, May 16- Most of the small SUVs tested for safety in crashes did not fare well in more stringent tests performed by an influential U.S. safety group in results issued on Thursday.
TOKYO, May 16- Japan's Nikkei stock average eased on Thursday morning as banks weighed after offering weaker-than-expected earnings guidance, while investors wasted little time pocketing recent gains amid some caution over recent market momentum.
Ford Motor Co. rose$. 40 or 2.8 percent, to $14.67. General Motors Co. rose$. 76 or 2.4 percent, to $32.31. Honda Motor Co. rose$. 65 or 1.6 percent, to $41.35.
Ford Motor Co. rose$. 48 or 3.3 percent, to $14.75. General Motors Co. rose$. 77 or 2.4 percent, to $32.32. Honda Motor Co. rose$. 59 or 1.4 percent, to $41.29.
Ford Motor Co. rose$. 23 or 1.6 percent, to $14.50. General Motors Co. rose$. 29 or. 9 percent, to $31.84. Honda Motor Co. rose$. 44 or 1.1 percent, to $41.14.
*Sony surges as U.S. fund calls on company to spin off unit. TOKYO, May 15- Japan's Nikkei average rose 2.3 percent on Wednesday, breaking above 15,000 for the first time since January 2008, with Sony Corp surging after an activist U.S. fund called on the company to spin off and list its lucrative entertainment unit.
*Sony surges as U.S. fund calls on company to spin off unit. TOKYO, May 15- Japan's Nikkei share index rose 2.3 percent on Wednesday, breaking above 15,000 for the first time since January 2008, with Sony Corp surging after an activist U.S. fund called on the company to spin off and list its lucrative entertainment unit.