Japanese stock index Nikkei ended on a bright note

[gnutrade.satya]

Japanese stock index Nikkei ended on a bright note bouncing back from an early loss when the dollar jumped against the yen on comments by US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner.Takashi Ohba, senior strategist at Okasan Securities said: "The Nikkei rebounded strongly after the dollar jumped against the yen on Geithner's comments. This could have prompted active short-covering by foreign players who were detected selling Nikkei futures heavily the previous day."Shanghai stocks were almost unchanged.Commodity-linked stocks regained some ground in Japan.The Japanese Nikkei fell 18.91 points at 9,400.51. The Hang Seng Index was seen constant.

[JohnMathew]

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