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Tokyo stocks close higher on Wall Street's rally, weak yen lifts exporters

Xinhua, January 27, 2017 Adjust font size:

Tokyo stocks closed higher for a third straight day Friday as Wall Street's overnight rally lifted the market mood here and the yen's weakening gave exporter-related issues a boost.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average advanced 65.01 points, or 0.34 percent, from Thursday to close the day at 19,467.40.

The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, meanwhile, added 4.24 points, or 0.27 percent, to finish at 1,549.25.

Notable issues that gained by the close of play comprised mining, rubber product and air transportation-linked issues.

The day's turnover on the last trading day of the week was 2,430 billion yen (21.14 billion U.S. dollars). Enditem