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Tokyo stocks advance in choppy morning trade on buybacks

Xinhua News,TOKYO
2020-04-08 12:04

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TOKYO, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks advanced moderately in volatile trading Wednesday morning as oversold issues were bought back on dips, but gains were capped by continued concerns about the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average added 89.73 points, or 0.47 percent, from Tuesday to 19,039.91.

The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, meanwhile, gained 8.23 points, or 0.59 percent, at 1,411.44.

Air transportation, land transportation and securities house-linked issues comprised those that gained the most by the morning break.
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