Japan Stocks up on bargain hunting, Wall Street lead

The Japan share market finished higher for the first time in last five sessions on Wednesday, 23 August 2017, as investors risk sentiments underpinned by tracking global equities rally overnight. Meanwhile, halt in yen appreciation against greenback also supported bargain buying in export-dependent stocks. However, market gain was limited on caution ahead of a key central banker meeting later in the week. The 225-issue Nikkei average rose 50.80 points, or 0.26%, to close at 19,434.64. The Topix index of all first-section issues ended up 3.93 points, or 0.25%, at 1,600.05. Rising issues outnumbered falling ones 1,044 to 842 in the TSE's first section, while 137 issues were unchanged. Volume grew to 1.45 billion shares from 1.31 billion shares on Tuesday.

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