market: On Wednesday, the key market gauge rose 143.99 points. ; The Topix index of all first-section issues finished up 9.76 points, or 0.61 percent, at 1,617.41, after gaining 9.89 points the previous day, according to The Japan Times. Tokyo stocks attracted purchases as the yen fell and U.S. equities rose on positive U.S. economic readings released Wednesday after the Tokyo market closed, brokers said. The 225-issue Nikkei average climbed 139.70 points, or 0.72 percent, to close at 19,646.24. Revised gross domestic product data for April-June and Automatic Data Processing Inc.'s private-sector jobs data for August both turned out better than expected. The Tokyo market was a textbook case of rising prices Thursday, Yoshihiko Tabei, chief analyst at Naito Securities Co., said, attributing the market's firmness to the yen's drop rather than the rise in U.S. equities. On the back of the robust U.S. economic data, investors actively bought stocks, including export-oriented issues, throughout Thursday's session, brokers said.
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