Japan Nikkei gains 0.21%

The Japan share market finished session higher after recouping losses late afternoon on Wednesday, 21 February 2018, thanks to strength in shares of chip makers and other export-linked companies, which helped to offsetting weakness in financial stocks. The 225-issue yardstick ended up 45.71 points, or 0.21%, at 21,970.81. Meanwhile, the Topix index of all first-section issues fell 0.84 point, or 0.05%, to finish at 1,761.61. ising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1897 to 1465 and 203 ended unchanged. The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 7.34% to 23.84.

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