Japan's Nikkei Stock Average, Topix Rise; Canon, Mitsui & Co. Lead Gain

(Bloomberg) -- Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average
rose 93.35, or 0.5 percent, to 17,935.64 at 9:03 a.m. in Tokyo.
The broader Topix index added 8.58, or 0.5 percent, to
1765.22.

Canon Inc. and Mitsui & Co. led the advances.


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