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Tokyo shares end higher with Nikkei logging 10-day winning

Xinhua, May 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

Tokyo shares ended higher on Thursday with its benchmark Nikkei stocks index marked its first 10-day winning for the first time since 1988 on the yen's further depreciation and upbeat U.S. and European markets' overnight performances.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average was up 78.88 points, or 0.39 percent, from Wednesday at 20,551.46.

The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was up 11.43 points, or 0.69 percent, to 1, 672.76.

Gainers were led by banks, insurance and rubber products issues.

The turnover was about 3,263.9 billion yen (about 26.30 billion U.S. dollars). Endi