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Tokyo shares skyrocket by break on U.S. rate hike

Xinhua, December 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

Tokyo shares skyrocketed by ending the morning session on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve raised the world's top economy's interest rates for the first time in over nine years.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average surged 436.87 points, or 2.29 percent, from Wednesday to end the morning at 19,486.78.

The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange jumped 34.67 points, or 2.25 percent, higher to 1,575.39. Enditem