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Tokyo stocks open higher after Nikkei tumbles 4%

Key index up 1.53% or 442.80 points at 29,408.81 in early trade

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 01 Mar 2021 9:10AM

Tokyo stocks open higher after Nikkei tumbles 4%
Tokyo’s broader Topix index gains 1.26% or 23.49 points to 1,887.98. – Twitter pic, March 1, 2021

TOKYO – Tokyo stocks opened higher today after the key Nikkei index tumbled 4% in the previous session, following a mixed close on Wall Street after US bond yields retreated.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 1.53% or 442.80 points at 29,408.81 in early trade, while the broader Topix index gained 1.26% or 23.49 points to 1,887.98. – AFP, March 1, 2021

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