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(2)Nikkei briefly tops 10,000 on gains in techs

TOKYO, Japan - People watch a price board as they walk by a brokerage house in Tokyo's Yaesu distcit on July 8. The key Nikkei Stock Average rose 103.56 points to close at 9,898.72, after briedly passing the 10,000 threshold for the first time since August 2002.

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Tokyo stocks falls below 10,000

TOKYO, Japan - A couple pass by a brokerage house in downtown Tokyo, where the price board shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closed at 9,947.72 on July 24, falling below the psychologically important threshold of 10,000 for the first time in five months.

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Nikkei breaks below 10,000

TOKYO, Japan - A pedestrian watches a price board outside a stock brokerage house in Tokyo on Jan. 30, as the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average broke below the key threshold of 10,000. Investors were disappointed with the continuing delay in the disposal of banks' bad loans and an overnight plunge in U.S. stocks.