CNBC | Nikkei advances more than 1% as sentiment rises in Asia CNBC Japan's benchmark index rose more than 1 percent on Thursday as regional manufacturing surveys led by China beat expectations and on upbeat views a day after OPEC reached its first deal since 2008 to cut oil production. The Nikkei 225 closed 1.12 ... New Era for Oil Reverberates Through Asia's Shipyards to Runways Oil, dollar, energy shares, bond yields leap on OPEC deal 8@eight: OPEC lights a fuse under oil price |