Tokyo shares close higher after Wall Street records
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Tokyo markets closed higher on Friday after the Dow and S&P 500 hit new highs on Wall Street. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index added 0.50 percent, or 201.37 points, to close at 40,369.44, while the broader Topix index rose 0.65 percent, or 17.81 points, to 2,768.62. Chip-linked stocks were higher with Advantest jumping 1.85 percent to 6,819 yen and Tokyo Electron rising 0.79 percent to 39,570 yen. The dollar traded at 151.40 yen, flat from the level seen in New York on Thursday. Investors were also waiting for the release of the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index in the United States later in the day.

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