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Japan Shares Climb One Percent on Wall Street, Tech Gains

  •   Fri, Mar 25 2011 10:13:04 AM

Tokyo, March 25 (DPA) Japanese stocks rose in Friday morning trading following overnight gains on Wall Street with some high-tech shares leading the advance.The Nikkei 225 Stock Average gained 94.13 points, or one percent, to trade at 9,529.14 while the broader Topix index was up 4.12 points, or 0.48 percent, at 858.07.

Tokyo stocks opened higher with high-tech shares getting a boost after the US technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index soared 1.41 percent Thursday.

On currency markets at 9 a.m. (0000 GMT), the dollar traded at 81.02-03 yen, up from Thursday's 5 p.m. quote of 80.86-87 yen.

The euro traded at $1.4168-171, up from $1.4071-072 dollars, and at 114.80-83 yen, up from 113.78-82 yen.

  

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