Monday, April 23, 2007

Japan's Commodity-Related Shares Gain; Chemical Makers Drop, KDDI Advances

(Bloomberg) -- Japanese commodity-related shares including Mitsubishi Materials Corp. gained after prices of oil and copper rose and Inpex Holdings Inc. said its profit for the last business year exceeded the company's initial estimate.

Companies including KDDI Corp. and Canon Inc. gained on expectations they would report higher earnings after markets closed today.


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