: On Tuesday, the key market gauge surged 598.49 points, according to The Japan Times. The Topix index of all first-section issues ended up 2.75 points, or 0.20 percent, at 1,365.78, after rising 42.88 points the previous day. The 225-issue Nikkei average gained 32.10 points, or 0.19 percent, to close at 16,906.54. Tokyo stocks opened sharply higher after the Dow Jones industrial average advanced on Tuesday thanks to a recovery in oil prices, briefly pushing up the Nikkei average above 17,000 for the first time in three weeks. The yen attracted purchases as New York oil prices fell in after-hours trading following news that a strike by workers in Kuwait oil production industry ended, according to brokers. After the initial buying ran its course, however, stocks gradually cut earlier gains in line with the dollar weakening against the yen.
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