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Tokyo stocks climb 1.76 pct. after volatile trading on Fed, BOJ policy views

Xinhua, September 25, 2015 Adjust font size:

Tokyo stocks ended 1.76 percent higher Friday amid hopes that both a U.S. interest rate hike and further easing by the Bank of Japan may be on the way.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average was up 308.68 points, from Thursday at 17,880.51. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange finished 26.84 points, or 1.88 percent, higher at 1,453.81.

Gainers were led by real estate, utilities and foods.

The turnover was 2,805.50 billion yen (about 23.35 billion U.S. dollars). Endi