The Nikkei 225 average in Japan fell by 6.2% and 10.6% on the first two days of the trading week respectively, before recovering a little (see top chart).

日本日股225平均指数在本周头两个交易日分别下跌了6.2%以及10.6%，之后回升了一点（见第一张图表）。

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But the Nikkei stock average defied the gloomy data and gained 1.9% to close at a 10-month high of 10356.

但是日经平均股票价格逆势上涨了1.9%，收于10个月来的高点10356点。

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Japan's Nikkei stock average rose 1.8 percent.

日本的日经指数平均上升了1.8个百分点。

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Despite a positive revision to Japan's first-quarter growth figures, the Nikkei Average also fell.

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In that post I cited the Nikkei average value on June 17, which sat at about 9, 350.

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Japan's Nikkei Average was 1.8% higher at 8721.02 and South Korea's Kospi also climbed 1.8% to 1891.71.

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