Nikkei edges up, Greece deal offsets falls in oil stocks

Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:07pm EDT 

 TOKYO, June 24 (Reuters) - The Nikkei average edged up on
Friday as news that Greece has agreed to a five-year austerity
plan offset falls in oil shares on tumbling oil prices.	
 The benchmark Nikkei rose 0.4 percent at 9,639.18,
while the broader Topix index gained 0.3 percent to
828.16.	
 	
	
 (Reporting by Ayai Tomisawa; Editing by Joseph Radford)
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