TOKYO — Tokyo stocks closed higher on Thursday, with the Nikkei index logging its highest point gain since June 2020 after briefly surging by more than 1,000 points.
Investors welcomed an overnight drop in crude oil futures that had been climbing amid the Ukraine situation. (Japan-Stocks)
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