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Tokyo stocks set for run-up in 2018 amid global growth and U.S. uncertainty

Professional go player Yuta Iyama rings the bell Friday to mark the end of 2017 trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. He was invited to the wrap-up ceremony as the first go player in Japanese history to succeed in securing all seven major go titles simultaneously for the second time, in October. | SATOKO KAWASAKI

Kyodo

Dec 29, 2017

With stocks wrapping up this year's trading Friday at the highest year-end level in 26 years, the Tokyo Stock Exchange is poised to see another run-up in 2018 albeit with a far slower pace of gains, driven by growth in the global economy and corporate earnings.

The 225-issue Nikkei average ended down 19.04 points, or 0.08 percent, from Thursday at 22,764.94, its highest year-end reading since 1991.

Through the entirety of 2017, the Nikkei average gained 3,650.57 points, or 19.1 percent, extending its winning streak to a sixth year.

Tokyo stocks set for run-up in 2018 amid global growth and U.S. uncertainty

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