2024-02-13 01:21:25
The Tokyo Stock Exchange was up sharply on Tuesday February 13 at the start of the session, following having observed a public holiday in Japan the day before, while the yen remains weak, a positive exchange rate trend for Japanese export values. The flagship Nikkei index climbed 1.61% to 37,490.56 points around 00:50 GMT and the broader Topix index gained 1.05% to 2,584.68 points. Wall Street, however, remained wait-and-see on Monday, before Tuesday’s publication of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for January in the United States.
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Stable currencies and oil
The dollar was worth 149.39 yen around 00:50 GMT, very close to its level on Monday at 21:00 GMT (149.35 yen). The euro/yen rate was almost unchanged, at one euro for 160.86 yen. The European currency was trading for 1.0768 dollars once morest 1.0772 dollars on Monday at 9:00 p.m. GMT.
The oil market was sluggish: around 00:40 GMT the barrel of American WTI stagnated (+0.01% to $76.93).
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