AlHijjah 13, 1432, Nov 9, 2011, SPA - Japanese shares climbed nearly One per cent Wednesday morning on eased jitters about the European debt crisis following reports Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi would step down. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average gained 80.94 points, or 0.94 per cent, to trade at 8,736.45 by the end of the morning session at 11 am (0200 GMT). The broader-based Topix index was up 9.48 points, or 1.28 per cent, at 747.51, according to a report of the German Press Agency "DPA".
