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A man looks at his watch as he passes an electronic board displaying a graph of currency rates outside a brokerage in Tokyo.

A man looks at his watch as he passes an electronic board displaying a graph of currency rates outside a brokerage in Tokyo.

Published Jun 18, 2014

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Tokyo - Tokyo stocks closed up 0.93 percent on Wednesday with a stronger dollar supporting exporters, as investors wait for the US Federal Reserve to wrap up a policy meeting later in the day.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index climbed 139.83 points to 15,115.80 and the Topix index of all first-section issues ended up 0.88 percent, or 10.95 points, at 1,249.15. - Sapa-AFP

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