TOKYO, 17 MAY – The Tokyo Stock Exchange starts trading with caution, following the mixed closure of the US stock indices, after the data from China showing a sharp slowdown in industrial production in April and the contraction in sales to the detail. The Nikkei benchmark index marks a barely positive change of 0.06%, at 26,562.78. On the currency market, the yen is unchanged against the dollar, just above a value of 129, and against the euro, at 134.80. (HANDLE).
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