Nikkei rises for 7th day as deal to avoid U.S. default reached

Thu Oct 17, 2013 7:12am BST
TOKYO, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average hit a
three-week high and extended gains into a seventh day on
Thursday as sentiment was buoyed after the U.S. Congress
approved a last-minute deal to end a fiscal standoff and avoid a
damaging default on government debt.

The Nikkei gained 0.8 percent to 14,586.51 after
hitting 14,664.22 earlier, its highest since Sept. 27. The Topix
advanced 0.8 percent to 1,206.25.

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EUR Current Account 17.4B 17.7B 16.9B

GBP Retail Sales m/m 0.6% 0.5% -0.8%

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Skin, could you do the same for GBP/Euro please.
Re you cartoon of the day, you should send your
pick of the day to the White House!

USD Philly Fed Manufacturing Index 19.8 15.4 22.3

Skinny, thanks.

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