Tokyo’s Nikkei tops 20,000 at break on weaker yen

TOKYO: Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei index on Tuesday morning rose past 20,000 for the first time in six weeks after Wall Street saw another record close and a weak yen lifted exporters. The bellwether Nikkei 225 index climbed 1.45 percent, or 288.06 points, to …
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