New numbers show Japan's GDP did better in the second quarter than economists expected. After all of the volatility last week, the good news for the world's third-largest economy helped spark a rally on Tokyo's stock market. The Nikkei posted its biggest gains in more than six weeks.
RENEE MONTAGNE, host: NPR's business news starts with a rally in Japan.</s>RENEE MONTAGNE, host: New numbers show Japan's GDP did better in the second quarter than economists expected. After all the volatility last week, the good news for the world's third-largest economy helped spark a rally on Tokyo's stock market. The Nikkei posted its biggest gains in more than six weeks, closing up nearly one and a half percent today.</s>RENEE MONTAGNE, host: Car stocks also did well. Toyota gained almost three percent. Honda rose 3.4 percent.