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Tokyo stocks close higher as oil prices rise, gains capped on geopolitical concerns

Xinhua, April 7, 2017 Adjust font size:

Tokyo stocks closed higher Friday as prices for crude oil rose, although gains were capped by geopolitical concerns following a U.S. airstrike on Syria and ahead of key U.S. jobs data due out later in the day.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average added 67.57 points, or 0.36 percent, from Thursday to close the day at 18,664.63.

The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, meanwhile, gained 9.59 points, or 0.65 percent, to finish at 1,489.77.

Mining, oil and coal product, and retail-linked issues comprised those that notably closed in positive territory by the end of the day.

Overall, advancing issues outnumbered declining ones by 1,475 to 430 on the First section and trading volume on the main section came to 2,401.45 million shares, rising from Thursday's volume of 2,068.30 million.

The total turnover on the final trading day of the week came to 2,765 billion yen (25.01 billion U.S. dollars). Enditem