Tokyo: Stocks end higher after seesaw session
Published Wed, Feb 8, 2017 · 06:36 AM
[TOKYO] Tokyo stocks ended higher Wednesday after a seesaw session with the main indexes sitting in negative territory at the lunch break.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.51 per cent, or 96.82 points, to end the day at 19,007.60, while the Topix index of all first-section shares was up 0.53 per cent, or 8.00 points, to close at 1,524.15.
AFP
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