TOKYO, May 13 (Reuters) - The benchmark Nikkei average fell 0.2 percent and the broader Topix shed 0.4 percent on Friday.
The following stocks were on the move:
**NIKON CORP SURGES ON STRONG EARNINGS, OUTLOOK**
Nikon soared 8.4 percent to 1,799 yen after it forecast net profit to jump 54 percent to 42 billion yen in the current business year to March 2012 on strong digital camera demand and further expansion into fast-growing markets.
Nikon swung to a net profit in the business year ended in March, reflecting a recovery in demand for chip-making equipment.
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**NISSAN JUMPS, SEES PRE-QUAKE OUTPUT RETURN BY OCT**
Shares in Nissan Motor gained 5 percent to 835 yen after the carmaker produced a stronger than expected 7.2 percent rise in quarterly operating profit despite Japan's biggest earthquake on record and predicted its global output would return to normal by October.
January-March operating profit at Japan's No.2 automaker was 88.6 billion yen ($1.1 billion) better than an average forecast of 78.9 billion yen in a survey of analysts who revised their numbers after the quake, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
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(Reporting by Antoni Slodkowski) Keywords: MARKETS JAPAN STOCKS HOT (antoni.slodkowski@thomsonreuters.com)(81-3-6441-1875) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2011. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
The following stocks were on the move:
**NIKON CORP SURGES ON STRONG EARNINGS, OUTLOOK**
Nikon soared 8.4 percent to 1,799 yen after it forecast net profit to jump 54 percent to 42 billion yen in the current business year to March 2012 on strong digital camera demand and further expansion into fast-growing markets.
Nikon swung to a net profit in the business year ended in March, reflecting a recovery in demand for chip-making equipment.
0051 GMT
**NISSAN JUMPS, SEES PRE-QUAKE OUTPUT RETURN BY OCT**
Shares in Nissan Motor gained 5 percent to 835 yen after the carmaker produced a stronger than expected 7.2 percent rise in quarterly operating profit despite Japan's biggest earthquake on record and predicted its global output would return to normal by October.
January-March operating profit at Japan's No.2 automaker was 88.6 billion yen ($1.1 billion) better than an average forecast of 78.9 billion yen in a survey of analysts who revised their numbers after the quake, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
0005 GMT
(Reporting by Antoni Slodkowski) Keywords: MARKETS JAPAN STOCKS HOT (antoni.slodkowski@thomsonreuters.com)(81-3-6441-1875) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2011. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.