By Joshua Hunt
TOKYO, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Japanese stocks rebounded on Wednesday morning as the oversold market saw buying across all sectors, with sentiment helped by China's efforts to stabilise its currency, even as oil fell below $30 a barrel.
The Nikkei share average .N225 rose 2.7 percent to end the morning session at 17,682.33, putting the benchmark index on track for its first gains of 2016.
"The market was massively oversold by the end of trading yesterday, so it's no surprise that we're seeing a snap back," said Nicholas Smith, a strategist at CLSA.
"We've seen a state of panic recently, and now that people are coming around to the view that things aren't really all that bad investors are snapping up these oversold low price to book stocks, which are roaring today."
As the Nikkei bounced, the yen shed some of its strength against the dollar, giving some extra lift to the share prices of major exporters.
Pioneer Corp 6773.T shares jumped 5.3 percent while Panasonic Corp 6752.T climbed 2.1 percent and Toyota Motor Corp 7203.T rose 3.6 percent. Bridgestone Corp 5108.T soared 5 percent.
Tokyo Disney resort operator Oriental Land Co 4661.T saw its shares climb 4.8 percent after the Nikkei business daily reported the company likely booked an operating profit of around 90 billion yen ($762.39 million) for the 9 month period through December.
Condiment maker Kewpie Corp 2809.T bucked the morning session's strength, falling 2.6 percent after Mizuho Securities cut its stock's rating to 'neutral' from 'buy,' citing concerns over its China business.
The broader Topix .TOPX rose 2.8 percent to 1,441.39 with each of its 33 subindexes in positive territory.
The JPX-Nikkei Index 400 .JPXNK400 gained 2.8 percent to 12,975.64. ($1 = 118.0500 yen)