Japan's Nikkei futures hold gains after BOJ raises rates

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 01/23/25 10:29 PM EST

TOKYO, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average futures held gains from the morning on Friday after the Bank of Japan raised interest rates.

Futures were last up 1% as of 0323 GMT.

Japan's central bank hiked the benchmark lending rate by a quarter point to 0.5%, as had been widely expected by market participants following hawkish hints from central bank officials this month. (Reporting by Kevin Buckland; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)

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