Tokyo shares up 1.4% as centrist Macron leads French presidential race

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French presidential election candidate for the En Marche ! movement Emmanuel Macron waves at the audience during a meeting at the Parc des Expositions in Paris, on April 23, 2017, after the first round of the Presidential election. Centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen emerged as the projected winners of a nail-biting first round presidential vote in France. / AFP PHOTO / Eric FEFERBERG
French presidential election candidate for the En Marche ! movement Emmanuel Macron waves at the audience during a meeting at the Parc des Expositions in Paris, on April 23, 2017, after the first round of the Presidential election.
Centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen emerged as the projected winners of a nail-biting first round presidential vote in France. / AFP PHOTO /

TOKYO,  Japan (AFP) — Tokyo’s benchmark index jumped 1.4 percent on Monday as investors cheered news that pro-European Emmanuel Macron has taken a lead over far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in the French presidential race.

The Nikkei 225 added 270.21 points to sit at 18,890.96 in the first few minutes of trading, while the broader Topix index of all first-section issues rose 1.25 percent, or 18.66 points, to 1,507.24.

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