futures-linked stock: On Thursday, the key market gauge closed 19.09 points lower. ; The Topix index of all first-section issues closed up 13.50 points, or 0.87 percent, at 1,566.10, according to The Japan Times. It gained 5.57 points the previous day. The 225-issue Nikkei average soared 198.93 points, or 0.97 percent, to end at 20,773.56 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Heavy purchases were seen for Tokyo Electron and other semiconductor-related issues following their U.S. counterparts' robust performances Thursday, market sources said. Hiroaki Kuramochi, chief market analyst at Saxo Bank Securities Ltd., expressed his view that the dollar's firmness versus the yen prompted futures-linked stock buying and purchases of export-oriented names. Japanese chip-linked names attracted buybacks after their recent falls, an official at a bank-linked securities firm said.
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