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Tokyo stocks rebound on Wall Street rise

The Japan Times

Tokyo stocks turned up Monday, getting a boost from a continued rally on Wall Street last week. The 225-issue Nikkei average of the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose 213.07 points, or 0.74%, to close at 29,161.80, The Topix index of all first section issues ended 5.73 points, or 0.29%, higher at 1,959.75, snapping its three-day losing streak. The Tokyo market got off to a strong start, after all three U.S. market gauges including the Dow Jones Industrial Average extended their gains Friday thanks to data showing improvement in consumer confidence in the United States in June. Although selling to lock in gains from the initial market spurt gathered steam in the morning, stocks gradually extended gains in the afternoon in pace with Dow futures in off-hours trading. Trading was generally lackluster with many players taking to the sidelines ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting from Tuesday, brokers said.