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Tokyo stocks close 1.54pc higher
TOKYO : Tokyo stocks closed 1.54 percent higher on Thursday after US stocks rose overnight following an upbeat report on
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed 1.54 percent higher on Thursday after US stocks rose overnight following an upbeat report on durable goods orders, and on a weaker yen versus the dollar, brokers said.
The benchmark Nikkei-225 index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange closed 132.75 points higher at 8,772.36. The Topix index added 9.58 points, or 1.29 percent, to 751.82.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011
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