friday: On Friday, the key market gauge fell 239.08 points. ; The Topix, which covers all first-section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, ended 24.67 points, or 1.56 percent, higher at 1,601.96, according to The Japan Times. It gave up 12.52 points Friday. The Nikkei 225 average soared 381.22 points, or 1.82 percent, to end at 21,281.85, its best finish since Dec. 17. Stocks surged from the outset on hefty purchases induced Wall Street's exuberance last Friday that was a reflection of renewed expectations for progress in U.S.-China trade negotiations, market sources said. In the broad-based rally on the Tokyo market, cyclical shares, in particular, drew buying, said Masahiro Ichikawa, senior strategist at Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management Co. After the end of two days of ministerial trade talks between the U.S. and China in Beijing on Friday, the White House announced that negotiations would continue in Washington.
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