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Oct 23, 2009, 7:32 GMT

Tokyo stocks close mixed in run-up to results season (Roundup)

Tokyo - Stocks in Tokyo ended Friday mixed in the run-up to Japanese firms delivering their quarterly results and with worries about the economic recovery. The benchmark Nikkei 222 Stock Average inched up 15.82 points, or 0.15 per cent, to 10,282.99. Tokyo's broader-based Topix index fell, however, by 6.57 points, or 0.72 per cent, to 902.03. For the week, the Nikkei was up 0.2 per cent, while the Topix added 0.1 per cent. On currency markets at noon (0300 GMT), the dollar traded at 91.64-67 yen, up from Thursday's 5 pm quote of 91.42-44 Yen yen. The euro traded at 1.5029-31 dollars, up from 1.4974-76 dollars Thursday, and at 137.75-78 yen, up from 136.90-94 yen.

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