18th March 2014
The Nikkei 225 has brought an end to a four-day run of losses today (March 18th), with the geopolitical tensions in Ukraine seemingly easing and encouraging investors to seek out bargains.
Traders took their cue from Wall Street, where the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 each advanced after an absence of violence and only mild Western sanctions followed the referendum that saw voters in Crimea opt overwhelmingly to join with Russia.
In recent weeks, uncertainty over the situation in the region has weighed on global trading sentiment.
As the yen weakened against the dollar in forex trading markets, the Nikkei ended the session up by 0.94 per cent at 14,411.27 points. Automakers Mazda and Nissan - both examples of Japan's heavyweight exporters - saw their shares gain two per cent and 2.2 per cent respectively.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 0.3 per cent, while Australia's ASX/200 closed 0.51 per cent higher, rising from the previous day's four-week low.
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