Tokyo: Stocks end higher despite North Korea rocket launch
Published Fri, Sep 15, 2017 · 06:21 AM
[TOKYO] Tokyo stocks closed higher on Friday with investors keeping their cool despite North Korea's launch of a second missile over Japan in less than a month.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 0.52 per cent, or 102.06 points, to close at 19,909.50 while the Topix was up 0.42 per cent, or 6.81 points, at 1,638.94.
AFP
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