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Tokyo stocks up 0.81% by break as investors eye BoJ meeting

Published: 19 Jun 2015 - 03:25 pm | Last Updated: 12 Jan 2022 - 06:00 pm


Tokyo - Tokyo stocks rose 0.81 percent Friday morning following a record close on Wall Street, while investors await the outcome of a Bank of Japan policy meeting.

The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange added 161.73 points to 20,152.55 by the break, while the Topix index of all first-section shares climbed 0.85 percent, or 13.81 points, to 1,630.47.

AFP