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Tokyo stocks jump 5.81 percent by close

10 Nov 2008 5:15 PM

Japan's stock index has soared 5.81 per cent by the close today as investors welcomed a Wall Street rally on Friday .. a weaker yen and a Chinese economic stimulus package.

The Nikkei rose 498.43 points to 9,081.43 .. after the Dow Jones jumped 2.85 per cent as a spike in US unemployment raised expectations of fresh interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve to boost the economy.

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