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Nikkei Hits One Month High After Greek Calm Outcome

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Japan’s Nikkei share index rose sharply on Tuesday, helped by a weaker yen and by the calm reaction in US and European markets to the Greek election result.

Asia took its cue from Wall Street, where shares reversed early falls to end the day slightly higher.

In Tokyo, the benchmark Nikkei 225 closed up 1.7% at 17,768.3 – its highest close since late December.

The dollar firmed against the yen to 118.20 from Monday’s low of 117.26.

Toyota’s shares rose 1.2% after a local report that the carmaker will change the way it pays factory workers, focusing on their performance rather than their seniority.

Shares in China fell after data showed that factory profits grew at their weakest rate in two years in 2014.

Profits for large Chinese industrial companies rose 3.3% last year compared with 2013.

The Shanghai Composite dropped 0.9% to 3,352.96, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index ended the day down 0.4% at 24,807.28.

via BBC [1]

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