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Nikkei creeps higher but wariness before US jobs data

Thu Jun 4, 2009 10:06pm EDT

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TOKYO, June 5 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei stock average rose 0.6 percent on Friday, buoyed by resource and tech shares after U.S. data fed hopes the economic slump is waning, though nerves about looming jobs figures capped gains.

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Mizuho Financial Group (8411.T) and other banks gained after their U.S. peers rose on a favourable view of the sector, and Canon Inc (7751.T) climbed on news it was reviving plans to build a factory.

The benchmark Nikkei .N225 gained 56.78 points to 9,725.74, while the broader Topix rose 0.4 percent to 914.53. (Reporting by Elaine Lies)

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