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Tokyo share end higher amid hopes on wage hike

Xinhua, March 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

Tokyo shares ended higher with its benchmark Nikkei stocks index closing at its highest level in nearly 15 years Tuesday amid ongoing talks for wage hikes at major companies.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended up 190.94 points, or 0. 99 percent, from Monday at 19,437.00, the highest close since April 2000.

The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was up 12.29 points, or 0.79 percent, at 1, 570.50.

Gainers were led by electric appliance, brokerage and pharmaceutical issues.

The turnover was about 2,453.9 billion yen (about 20.21 billion U.S. dollars). Endi