(ANSA) - TOKYO, MARCH 09 - The Tokyo Stock Exchange starts the session higher, despite the mixed closure of the US stock market and with investors looking to the latest indications from the two-day meeting of the Bank of Japan (Boj), the last chaired by the current governor Haruhiko Kuroda whose mandate expires in early April.
At the opening, the Nikkei settles at its highest in six months, marking an increase of 0.76% to 28,660.85, with a gain of 216 points.
On the foreign exchange market, the yen further depreciated against the dollar to a level of 137.10, while it recovered slightly against the euro to 144.60.
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