Japanese share market finished the session higher on Tuesday, 23 June 2015, echoing gains on Wall Street and in Europe in overnight trading on growing investor optimism that Greece will eventually reach an agreement with its creditors. A slightly weaker yen also supported the advance. The Nikkei Stock Average escalated 381.23 points, or 1.87% to 20809.42, its highest closing level since 12 April 2000. The Topix index of all Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section issues jumped 1.69%, or 27.79 points, to close at 1676.40.
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