Tokyo stocks open higher as Japan exits recession

Tokyo stocks open higher as Japan exits recession

Tokyo stocks open higher as Japan exits recession

Tokyo stocks open higher as Japan exits recession

People look at an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. Stocks fell back across Asia on Thursday after gains for big technology shares pushed most Wall Street benchmarks higher. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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Tokyo stocks open higher as Japan exits recession

Japan's economy exited recession in the third quarter

Updated 16 November 2020

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TOKYO: Tokyo stocks opened higher on Monday supported by gains on Wall Street with investors digesting Japan's third-quarter GDP figures, which showed an exit from recession.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 1.13 percent or 286.11 points at 25,671.98 in early trade, while the broader Topix index gained 1.16 percent or 19.80 points to