afternoon session: On Wednesday, the key market gauge rose 13.61 points, according to The Japan Times. But the Topix index of all first-section issues finished up 1.39 points, or 0.09 percent, at 1,472.81, after falling 0.11 point the previous day. The 225-issue Nikkei average lost 1.71 points, or 0.01 percent, to close at 18,430.49. Stocks got off to a firmer start despite the Dow Jones industrial average's overnight fall in New York. But the market's topside was capped as investors retreated to the sidelines before the first round of the French presidential election on Sunday, sending the Nikkei average to negative territory late in the afternoon session, according to brokers. A pause in the yen's rise against the dollar helped support mainstay issues, brokers said.
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