equities friday: On Friday, the key market gauge shed 55.13 points, according to The Japan Times. The Topix, which covers all first-section issues, closed 7.97 points, or 0.52 percent, higher at 1,539.77 after losing 4.87 points Friday. The Nikkei 225 average rose 113.78 points, or 0.59 percent, to end at 19,310.52, its highest finish since March 21. Stocks got off to a weaker start following a fall in U.S. equities Friday. The TSE accelerated its upswing later, with investors taking heart from the yen's depreciation, the brokers said. But buying stemming from robust earnings reports and estimates released by major Japanese electronics-related companies on Friday soon helped lift the key market gauges to positive territory, brokers said.
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