Wed, 17 Jul 2013 13:47:05 GMT
Japan stocks jump ahead of Bernanke speech as Yen falls
Japan's stocks inched up, with the Topix index rising for the third day, as the Japanese Yen depreciated versus the U.S. Dollar and investors expected speech by the Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. The Topix advanced 0.2% to 1,213.24 and the Nikkei 225 Stock Average gained 0.1% to 14,615.04. The yen slipped 0.3% to 99.37 against the greenback.