Tokyo stocks open higher on bargain hunting

Stock MarketTokyo - Oil and resource-related shares led Tokyo stocks higher Monday, while investors bought battered shares from Friday's declines.

The Nikkei 225 Stock Average advanced 13.92 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 14,233.4.

The broader Topix index of all first-section issues was up 3.18 points, or 0.23 per cent, at 1,399.05.

On currency markets at 9 am (0000 GMT), the dollar was quoted at 104.10-15 yen, down from Friday's 5 pm quote of 104.23-26 yen.

The euro was quoted at 1.5580-85 dollars, up from Friday's 5 pm quote of 1.5493-96 dollars, and at 162.20-25 yen, up from 161.52-56 yen. (dpa)

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