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Tokyo shares end sharply higher ahead of Fed meeting

Xinhua, September 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

Tokyo shares ended the trading Thursday sharply higher tracing buoyant overnight European and U.S. markets ahead of a meeting on U.S. monetary policy by the Federal Reserve.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average jumped 260.67 points, or 1. 43 percent, up from Wednesday at 18,432.27.

The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was up 19.31 points, or 1.31 percent, to 1, 491.91.

Gainers were led by securities, iron and steel, and information and communication issues.

The turnover was about 2,224.6 billion yen (about 18.45 billion U.S. dollars). Endi