Japanese stocks bounce following gains on Wall St

TOKYO, Oct 23 (Reuters) Japanese stocks bounced on Tuesday following gains on Wall Street after sell-offs in the previous two sessions, with Toyota Motor Corp rising on a report of strong first-half results.

The benchmark Nikkei ended the morning session up 0.3 percent or 56.44 points to 16,494.91. The broader TOPIX index rose 0.8 percent to 1,575.86.

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