TOKYO Comprar Nike Air Max 95 Hombre , Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Nikkei stock index added 0.30 percent in see-saw trade Friday to snap a three-day losing streak, as investors continued to buy ahead of the U.S. non-farm payrolls data due later tonight.

The Nikkei 225 index increased 46.66 points to finish the week at 15,708.65, while the broader Topix index of all first-section shares rose 0.19 percent, or 2.39 points, to close at 1,282.54.

Brokers here said that investors were confident that the health of the U.S. economy is back on track Comprar Nike Air Max Thea Hombre , with median economists' predicting that more than 200,000 nonfarm payrolls will be added for a sixth successive month in August, as the Federal Reserve looks likely to keep its goal of ending its bond-buying program this month.

They said ongoing protests in Hong Kong and data showing that China's official non-manufacturing purchasing managers' index dropped to 54.0 in September from 54.4 in August, a possible sign of service sector weakness, was largely shrugged off by the market today, with strategists saying that of more concern here is the domestic economy.

With the government's budget committee starting its meetings Friday, strategists said concerns remain regarding definitive fiscal and monetary government policies going forward Comprar Nike Air Max 90 Hombre , including those for structural reform, reforming the pension system and whether or not the prime minister will introduce the second-tier of his tax hike initiative next year.

"What's important for Japanese stocks is the domestic economy, and we're not clear on where that's going. The backdrop is that we need policies, but the government isn't being clear. Until then, investors will watch the yen," said Koichi Kurose, a chief market strategist at Resona Bank Ltd.

In share trading Comprar Nike Air Max 97 Hombre , exporters ended mixed as the dollar ended up changing hands at 108.90 yen, compared to 108.42 yen lodged in New York, and top automaker Toyota gained 0.23 percent to close at 6, 290 yen, while smaller rival Honda skidded down 1.4 percent to 3, 538 yen, following UBS cutting its rating on the stock to "neutral " from "buy" and lowering its target share price.

Consumer electronics giant Sony dropped 0.49 percent to 1 Comprar Nike Air Max Hombre ,895 yen, but Hitachi closed in positive on the last trading day of the week, inching up 0.01 percent to finish at 813 yen.

But it was Nikkei heavy weight Fast Retailing that helped buoy the overall market, jumping 2.7 percent to 37,370 yen, after announcing that same-store sales of its Uniqlo chain of high street apparel stores in Japan climbed 19.7 percent in September from the same time a year earlier.

Mobile carrier SoftBank relinquished 0.73 percent to 7,439 yen Comprar Nike Air Max 90 Negras , however, a day after announcing a 250 million U.S. dollar investment and joint venture with Hollywood film studio Legendary Entertainment.

Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai closed in negative territory, falling one percent to 4,295 yen, after Nomura cut its outlook on the stock to "neutral" from "buy."

But it was the construction sector that marked the brightest spot on the market Friday, with Tokyu Construction leaping five percent to 542 yen, while Kajima added 1.8 percent to 512 yen. Obayashi Comprar Nike Air Max TN Negras , meanwhile, advanced 1.1 percent to finish at 724 yen.

Among other notable advancers, Mitsubishi UFJ rose 0.4 percent to 601 yen, Fujifilm Holdings Corp. gained 2.8 percent to 3,405 yen and Daikin Industries Ltd. increased 1.1 percent to close at 6, 552 yen.

Skymark Airlines surged 8.37 percent to 220 yen, following reports that Airbus had agreed to lower an initially lofty penalty against Skymark for canceling a deal worth 2.2 billion U.S. dollars to acquire Airbus's long-haul A380s.

Trading volume on Friday dropped to 2.16 billion shares on the Tokyo Exchange's First Section Comprar Nike Air Max 1 Negras , down from Thursday's volume of 2. 66 billion shares, with advancing issues outnumbering declining ones by 1,201 to 485.

CANBERRA, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- More young Australians are volunteering in their community than ever before, data released on Monday revealed.

The data, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), said that more than half a million Australians aged between 15 and 24 years spent time doing unpaid work in the 12 months prior to the 2016 Census.

The number of young people volunteering has steadily grown in recent Censuses with fewer than 395 Comprar Nike Air Max Thea Negras ,000 people in the same age bracket providing unpaid work in the lead up to the 2016 Census.

Additionally, 151,000 people aged 15 to 24 provided unpaid assistance to a disabled person in the two weeks before the Census, up from 120,000 in 2006.

The ABS released the data to coincide with International Youth Day on August 12 which in 2017 celebrated young people's contribution to inclusion and social justice.

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) recorded the highest rate of youth volunteer participation with 65.3 percent while 75 percent of youth in Acton, a suburb within the ACT, did some form of volunteer work.

The ACT also had the highest rate of participation in education among young people with 65.3 percent undertaking a form of study at the time of the Census compared to the national average of 58 percent.

Data released on Monday also revealed the rate of youth volunteers among ethnic communities. Thee ABS said that 47 percent of people aged between 15 and 24 born in the West African country of Cote d'Ivoire volunteered in the 12 months leading up to the Census Comprar Nike Air Max 95 Negras , the highest rate of any country of birth.

Young people from the Middle Eastern country of Oman were the second most likely to volunteer with 45 percent doing so while people born in Guinea were third most likely.

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