NIKKEI INCHES UP AS CHINA GDP DATA LENDS SUPPORT

DATE: 13/07/2012

TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei share average edged up on Friday to snap a six-session losing streak, its longest since early April, after Chinese data matched expectations and eased fears of a sharper slowdown in the world's growth centre.

The Nikkei rose 0.1 percent to 8,724.12, but the broader Topix index dipped 0.2 percent to 746.34.

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