Tokyo shares skyrocket by opening on worldwide gains
Xinhua, August 28, 2015 Adjust font size:
Tokyo issues opened sharply higher Friday on overnight gains in other stocks markets overnight.
At 9:15 a.m. local time, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average jumped 400.26 points, or 2.15 percent, higher from Thursday to 18, 974.70.
The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was up 38.09 points, or 2.54 percent, to 1, 538.50. Endi