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The Tokyo Stock Exchange dropped more than 3% on Friday (August 8) as investors reacted to US President Barack Obama's authorisation of air strikes on Iraq. (Kazuhiro Nogi, AFP)
The Tokyo Stock Exchange dropped more than 3% on Friday (August 8) as investors reacted to US President Barack Obama's authorisation of air strikes on Iraq. (Kazuhiro Nogi, AFP)

Tokyo - Tokyo's main stock index closed above 18 000 for the first time in more than seven years on Monday, after official data showed Japan emerged from recession in the last quarter of 2014.

The Nikkei 225 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose 91.41 points, to finish at 18 004.77, breaching the psychologically key level for the first time since July 2007.

The broader Topix index of all first-section shares climbed 10.05 points to 1 459.43.

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Rand - Dollar
18.94
-0.2%
Rand - Pound
23.91
-0.1%
Rand - Euro
20.43
+0.2%
Rand - Aus dollar
12.34
+0.1%
Rand - Yen
0.13
-0.2%
Platinum
910.50
+1.5%
Palladium
1,011.50
+1.0%
Gold
2,221.35
+1.2%
Silver
24.87
+0.9%
Brent Crude
86.09
-0.2%
Top 40
68,346
+1.0%
All Share
74,536
+0.8%
Resource 10
57,251
+2.8%
Industrial 25
103,936
+0.6%
Financial 15
16,502
-0.1%
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