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Article: Share Prices Close Mixed in Tokyo
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- March 24, 2000
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Stock prices closed mixed in Tokyo Friday, with the key Nikkei
index briefly topping 20,000 for the first time in almost three
weeks.
The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 selected issues on the First
Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose 253.48 points, or 1.29
percent, from Thursday's close to end at 19,958.08, after trading
between 19,697.57 and 20,012.41.
The broader-based Tokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX) which covers
all First Section issues, however, lost 10.95 points, or 0.66
percent, to 1,640.60.
Turnover on the major section increased to 759.72 million shares