Nikkei up 2.3 pct on bank optimism, ends 9-day slidePublished: 13 Jul 2009 22:38:10 PST<p class="authorInfor"]</p] * Exporters benefit from Wall St rally, yen</p] * Nissan, carmakers up on China business expansion plans</p] * U.S. financials' earnings due this week in focus</p] TOKYO, July 14 - Japan's Nikkei average gained 2.3percent on Tuesday to snap a nine-day falling streak, with banksbuoyed by upbeat analyst comments about the U.S. financial sectorand exporters lifted by a halt in the yen's sharp appreciation.</p] Nissan Motor Co surged more than 7 percent on its plans toboost production capacity in China, while Komatsu Ltd jumped morethan 6 percent after the Nikkei business daily said the companyreturned to profitability in the April-June quarter.</p] In comments to CNBC television, influential analyst MeredithWhitney said major U.S. financials could do well in the secondquarter, boosting sentiment ahead of closely-watched bankearnings this week and lifting Wall Street on Monday.</p] Whitney also upgraded Goldman Sachs to "buy" on Monday,driving its stock higher.</p] "After a recent bearish run, the market has been looking foran opportunity to rebound, and the analyst comments on thefinancial sector fit the bill," said Yutaka Miura, seniortechnical analyst at Mizuho Securities.</p] Goldman will release earnings results later on Tuesday,followed by Bank of America Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co andCitigroup Inc later in the week.</p] The benchmark Nikkei finished up 211.48 points at 9,261.81.It had slid 2.6 percent the previous day to hit its lowest finishsince May 18.</p] The broader Topix rose 1.9 percent to 868.57.</p] "Wariness toward Goldman's earnings may have eased somewhat,but caution still remains ahead of the week's other earningsreleases which include high tech firms as well as financials,"said Yumi Nishimura, a deputy general manager at Daiwa SecuritiesSMBC.</p] "The Nikkei has stopped short of falling below 9,000 but await-and-see mood is likely to prevail until most of the keyearnings are gauged first."</p] NISSAN, AUTOMAKERS STRONG</p] Banks such as Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group climbed 5.4percent to 3,700 yen and Mizuho Financial Group rose 3.1 percentto 199 yen after their U.S. peers gained the previous day.</p] Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd gained 2 percent to 350 yenand electronics conglomerate Toshiba Corp rose 3.4 percent to 333yen following a report by public broadcaster NHK that they willjointly develop a next generation nuclear power reactor.</p] NHK said the project will be supported by Japan's Ministry ofEconomy, Trade and Industry.</p] Automakers rose on news that Nissan Motor Co and Honda Motorare raising production capacity in China as brisk local demandhelps prop up their earnings at a time when sales virtuallyeverywhere else are in a steep slump.</p] Nissan gained 7.3 percent to 545 yen, while Honda rose 2.7percent to 2,435 yen. Toyota Motor Corp added 3.6 percent to3,500 yen.</p] Other exporters also gained. Sony Corp jumped 5.5 percent to2,285 yen and Canon Inc climbed 3.4 percent to 3,020 yen.</p] Shares of Komatsu shot up 6.6 percent to 1,380 yen. It willlikely report an operating profit to 5 billion yen ($54 million)for the April-June quarter, compared to a 48.2 bi���`�� �F���� [url= http://www.mixer.org.cn/]������ lithium batteries�Ϸ��ϩ`��