Nikkei index of the Tokyo stock exchange closes with an increase of almost 3.5%

The Tokyo Stock Exchange closed on Thursday with a sharp rise, driven by the vigor of the Chinese stock exchanges, comments from the US Federal Reserve and the hope of an appeasement in the war in Ukraine.

The Nikkei selective index closed with a 3.46% increase to 26,652.89 points, while the Topix index of all values rose 2.47% to 1,899.01 points.

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