Japan’s Nikkei Jumps Most Since May on U.S. Homes, Commodities

Japanese stocks rose, lifting the Nikkei 225 Stock Average to its biggest jump in more than three months, after sales of existing homes in the U.S. surged the most on record, the yen weakened and commodities gained.

Canon Inc., the world’s biggest digital-camera maker, added 6.3 percent. Honda Motor Co., which gets more than half its sales in North America, climbed 3.2 percent. Mitsubishi Corp., a trading company that gets more than a third of its sales from commodities, advanced 3.9 percent.

“The housing report confirmed the U.S. is clearly on a path to recovery,” said Yoshinori Nagano, a senior strategist at Tokyo-based Daiwa Asset Management Co., which oversees the equivalent of $91 billion. “The fundamentals of the global economy and corporate earnings are improving, supporting the resilience of the market.”

The Nikkei 225 Stock Average climbed 342.85, or 3.4 percent, to 10,581.05 in Tokyo, the steepest climb since May 7. The broader Topix index added 22.93, or 2.4 percent, to 970.27, with all of its 33 industry groups advancing.

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