Tokyo Stocks Open Higher

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Tokyo stocks open higher

Tokyo stocks opened slightly higher on Tuesday, backed by confidence in the US economy as Wall Street pushed to fresh records

TOKYO, Aug 8, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 08th Aug, 2017 ) - Tokyo stocks opened slightly higher on Tuesday, backed by confidence in the US economy as Wall Street pushed to fresh records. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index gained 0.06 percent, or 12.60 points, to 20,068.49 in the first few minutes while the Topix index of all first-section issues was up 0.12 percent, or 2.02 points, at 1,641.29.