Nikkei on the gravy train as it closes at the highest in over a year

Japan's Nikkei closes +0.88% or +171.26pts to 19564.80

Elsewhere currently;

• Hang Seng is +0.9%

• Shanghai -0.2%

• Sensex +0.5%

• Nifty 50 +0.5%

The Nikkei will have it's own 20k battle soon the way things are going.

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