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Tokyo stocks up 0.18pc by break

Published December 29, 2014 Updated December 29, 2014 04:16am

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By Shoaib Ur Rehman

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TOKYO: Tokyo stocks rose 0.18 percent Monday morning, supported by a weaker yen and following another record close on Wall Street driven by optimism over the outlook for the US economy.

The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange was up 31.93 points at 17,850.89 by the break, while the Topix index of all first-section shares gained 0.11 percent, or 1.53 points, to 1,429.03.

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