(ANSA) - TOKYO, FEBRUARY 24 - The Tokyo Stock Exchange starts the last session of the week slightly higher, in the wake of the recovery of the US stock indexes, and awaiting the hearing in Parliament of the new candidate to lead the Central Bank of Japan (BoJ) , Kazuo Ueda, while the latest inflation data show a rise in the cost of living to the highest in over 40 years.
At the opening, the Nikkei recorded a barely positive variation of 0.13% at 27,140.81, adding 36 points.
On the foreign exchange market, the yen is stable against the dollar, at a value of 134.70, and against the euro at 142.80.
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