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5 Tokyo (Close): A power failure gave j
5 traders somjthing to talk about in j
5 otherwise dull trading. j
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5 The Nikkei average closed up 75.80 j
5 points (0.4%) at 20,037.90 in trade j
5 estimated at a modest 360m shares. j
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5 Hong Kong (Close): Stocks finished j
5 sharply lower but well above their j
5 lows in what some analysts termed a j
5 delayed reaction to the news that j
5 Jardine Matheson was cancelling its j
5 local stock market listing. j
5 j
5 The Hang Seng index closed 144.78 j
5 points (1.5%) easier at 9,320.75. j
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