Japan's Nikkei Stock Average, Topix Rise; Toyota, Mitsui & Co. Lead Gain

(Bloomberg) -- Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average
rose 80.78, or 0.5 percent, to 17,956.53 at 9:02 a.m. in Tokyo.
The broader Topix index added 10.60, or 0.6 percent, to
1766.28.

Toyota Motor Corp. and Mitsui & Co. led the advances.


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