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Nikkei climbs to 15-yr high on Wall Street gains, ECB easing

Xinhua, March 6, 2015 Adjust font size:

Tokyo stocks rose 1.17 percent on Friday as investor sentiment was lifted by overnight gains on Wall Street and the European Central Bank's announcement that it will begin buying bonds under quantitative easing on Monday.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average was up 219.16 points, from Thursday at 18,971.00, the highest close since April 2000.

The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange gained 17.12 points, or 1.12 percent, to 1, 540.84.

Major gaining industry sectors included precision instruments, brokerages and food.

The turnover was 2,553.0 billion yen (about 21.27 billion U.S. dollars). Endi