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Tokyo stocks close higher on hopes central banks will address Brexit fallout

Xinhua, July 4, 2016 Adjust font size:

Tokyo stocks ended higher Monday with the benchmark Nikkei stock index advancing for a sixth straight day, on hopes Japan's central bank will unleash further easing measures along with other global banks' joint moves to counter Brexit's effects.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closed the day up 93.32 points, or 0.60 percent, from Friday at 15,775.80.

The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, meanwhile, ended 7.53 points, or 0.60 percent, higher at 1,261.97.

Notable gainers by the close of play comprised food, iron and steel as well as textiles and apparel-linked stocks.

The day's turnover was 1,602.1 billion yen (15.60 billion U.S. dollars). Endit