Stock market fixing:
Nikkei 225 +226.40 +1.6% 14,435.57
Topix +23.03 +1.6% 1,430.47
FTSE 100 -87.60 -1.45% 5,970.10
CAC 40 -68.64 -1.38% 4,915.07
Xetra Dax -53.70 -0.77% 6,965.43
DOW -13.35 -0.11% 12,389.50
NASDAQ +22.66 +0.91% 2,503.14
S&P 500 -0.50 -0.04% 1,377.15
10yr Note +0.4200 +0.108% 3.940%
NYMEX Crude Oil -2.01 -1.62% 122.30
Gold -1.70 -0.19% 883.80

Japan's stocks rose to the highest this year after automakers posted higher sales in the U.S., and the weakening yen boosted the earnings prospects at companies reliant on overseas markets.
Honda Motor Co. jumped to a six-month high after its Civic became the best-selling car in the U.S. Sony Corp., which gets a quarter of its revenue from the U.S., climbed after the Federal Reserve signaled support for the dollar. Fast Retailing Co., Japan's largest clothing retailer, soared the most in more than four years on a newspaper report it will beat its profit target. Honda, Japan's second-largest carmaker, jumped 8.6%, the highest since Dec. 26. Sales of the automaker's Civic and Accord models exceeded those of Ford Motor Co.'s F- Series pickups in the U.S. last month, the first time any auto has topped the truck in 15 years.
Rising oil prices lifted demand for more fuel-efficient vehicles, helping Asian carmakers outsell Detroit's Big Three for the first time.
Mazda Motor Corp. jumped 9.1%, the biggest gain since February 2006.
Sony jumped 2.8% and Nintendo Co., the world's biggest maker of handheld game players, added 2.8%. Mitsubishi Electric Corp. rose 2.3%, the highest since Dec. 11.
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., the nation's biggest gold producer, dropped 2.8%, while Inpex Holdings Inc., declined 2.3%.

European stocks fell to a one-week low on speculation banks may need more capital as losses increase, while lower oil and metals prices weighed on commodity producers.
Societe Generale SA slipped to the lowest in two months and BNP Paribas SA sank after Fitch Ratings said the banks may have to raise additional capital as their finances weaken. Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe's largest oil producer, slumped to the lowest in three weeks, and mining company Anglo American Plc had its biggest drop in almost two weeks.
Societe Generale declined 1.7%. BNP, France's largest bank, retreated 0.8%. Barclays Plc, the U.K.'s third-biggest bank, slipped 2.3%.
Shell dropped 2.9%, while BP Plc, Europe's second-biggest oil producer, sank 3.9%. Total SA, the region's third-largest, retreated 3.8%.

Stocks closed mix Wednesday as investors eyed falling oil prices, an upwardly revised reading on productivity and talk of more problems for Lehman Brothers.
Lehman Brothers fell for a second session on reports that the company could be forced to sell some or all of itself to another bank due to ongoing balance sheet woes.
United Airlines said it will reduce its fleet by 100 planes and cut as much as 1,600 jobs amid losses related to higher fuel costs.
Intel Corp., the biggest semiconductor company, Hewlett- Packard Co., the largest maker of personal computers, and EBay Inc., the biggest online auction site, advanced as the Institute for Supply Management's service index expanded more than projected.
American Express, the biggest U.S. credit-card lender, rallied the most in a month after predicting profit that topped forecasts. Bank of America Corp. dropped to the lowest since 2002, limiting the market's advance, after Merrill Lynch & Co. reduced earnings forecasts through 2010.
Ambac Financial Group Inc. tumbled the most since April 23. The second-biggest bond insurer will be replaced by Lorillard Inc. in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index after the close of trading June 10.

The dollar traded near a two-week high against the euro on signs the economy is weathering the housing slump and record gasoline prices.
The pound fell to a two-week low against the dollar after a report showed British consumer confidence dropped in May to a four-year low. Еconomists predicted the Bank of England will keep borrowing costs unchanged Thursday. The dollar traded within a cent of a two-week high against the euro as reports showed unexpected signs of resilience in the world's largest economy.
The Institute for Supply Management's index of non- manufacturing businesses decreased to 51.7 last month from 52 in April. The median forecast ofeconomists was for a drop to 51. Company Hiring U.S. companies added 40,000 jobs, followed a revised gain of 13,000 for the prior month that was more than previously estimated, ADP Employer Services said. The median forecast of economists was for a reduction of 30,000.
The European Central Bank will hold its main refinancing rate at a six-year high of 4% Thursday, all surveyed economists predicted. The ECB has kept the rate at that level since June 2007.

EUR/USD held within the $1.5420/80 range after Tuesday’s sell-off.
GBP/USD continued to retreat from $1.9630 to $1.9520.
USD/JPY initially fell from Y105.30 to Y104.50. Later rate rebounded to Y105.30.

Futures on the Chicago Board of Trade show a 63 percent chance the Fed will raise the 2 percent target rate for overnight lending between banks by at least a quarter-percentage point by December, compared with 59 percent odds a month ago.