HONG KONG: Tokyo stocks made solid gains Wednesday on the back of rising oil-linked counters, while elsewhere in the region trade was lackluster after a weak lead from Wall Street.

The advance on Japan's main index, which was up 0.7 percent shortly after the break— snapping two sessions of decline—also came as a halt in the yen's rally lifted exporters— making them more competitive overseas.

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