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Tokyo stocks rise 0.46 pct on upbeat domestic earnings, yen's weakness

Xinhua, August 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

Tokyo stocks rose 0.46 percent on Wednesday as broadly firm April-June earnings from listed domestic firms and the yen's weakness against the U.S. dollar lifted investors sentiment.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average was up 93.70 points, from Tuesday at 20,614.06. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange gained 6.02 points, or 0.36 percent, to 1,665.85.

Gainers were led by agriculture and fisheries, metal products and real estate.

The turnover was 3,190.54 billion yen (about 25.64 billion U.S. dollars). Endi