Tokyo stocks up after Wall Street’s rally
May 31st, 2009
Tokyo, June 1 (DPA) Tokyo stocks rose Monday following Wall Street’s week-ending rally.
Nikkei 225 Stock Average gained 75.08 points, or 0.89 percent, 9,597.58, and the broader Topix index of all first-section issues was also up 8.5 points, or 0.95 percent, to 906.41.
On the currency markets at 9 a.m. (0000 GMT), the dollar traded at 95.40-45 yen, down from Friday’s 5 p.m. quote of 96.44-46 yen.
The euro was quoted at 1.4100-05 dollars, up from late Friday’s quote of 1.4000-01 dollars, and at 134.58-63 yen, from 135.02-06 yen.
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