Off the wire
Xinhua world news summary at 0100 GMT, May 17  • Chinese property buyers look to U.S. instead of Australia: report  • Dollar just above 109-yen line in early Tokyo trading  • Rio 2016: Moody's predicts positive short-term incentives in Brazil's economy after Olympics  • Sebastian Coe: Rio spirit to 'absorb' Olympics  • Ex-Portugal coach Bento vows discipline at new club Cruzeiro  • Canadian PM to introduce transgender rights bill  • Surgeons perform first penis transplant in U.S.  • Canada Defence Ministry invests in brain imaging technology for mental health research  • Search for durable solution to Kosovo issue should continue: Chinese envoy  
You are here:   Home

Tokyo shares open higher on weaker yen, U.S. gains

Xinhua, May 17, 2016 Adjust font size:

Tokyo shares opened the trading Tuesday higher following the yen's retreat and overnight gains in the U.S. stocks market.

At 9:15 a.m., the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average jumped 125.56 points, or 0.76 percent, higher from Monday to 16,591.96.

The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was up 9.42 points, or 0.71 percent, to 1,331.07. Endit