Nikkei ends at one-month high
Xinhua, January 27, 2015 Adjust font size:
Tokyo stocks soared 1.72 percent, with its benchmark Nikkei stock index hitting a one-month high Tuesday as investors saw limited negative impact from an anti- austerity party's victory in the Greek election.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended up 299.78 points, from Monday at 17,768.30, the highest close since Dec. 26.
The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose 24.30 points, or 1.73 percent, to 1,426. 38.
Major gainers included utilities, precision instruments and steel and iron issues.
The turnover was 2,195.1 billion yen (18.56 billion dollars). Endi