(Repeats story to connect to headline) RPT-Nikkei edges up; eyes on Nippon Oil, Suzuki Motor
TOKYO, June 26 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei stock average edged up 0.5 percent on Friday, with resource shares such as trading house Mitsubishi Corp <8058.T> gaining in the wake of oil and metals price rises. Nippon Oil Corp <5001.T> was untraded due to a glut of buy orders after a newspaper reported that it and other Japanese companies are in the final stage of talks with Iraq to win the development contract for Iraq's huge Nassiriya oilfield. [ID:nT306956]
Suzuki Motor <7269.T> was also untraded and awash with buy
orders after a source familiar with the matter said Volkswagen
The benchmark Nikkei <.N225> gained 57.29 points to 9,853.37, while the broader Topix <.TOPX> rose 0.8 percent to 926.88. (Reporting by Elaine Lies)