Off the wire
• Hong Kong players shine in Davis Cup Asia-Oceania zone round one  • China's Yancoal acquires Australian coal assets of Rio Tinto  • Brady leads Patriots to Super Bowl comeback win in overtime  • Japan's average monthly wages see 1st annual rise in 5 years in 2016  • Urgent: 3,498 civilians killed in Afghan violence in 2016  • Serbia beats Russia to qualify for quarterfinals of Davis Cup  • S. Korean gov't examination finds battery defects in fiery Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones  • Cooperation only correct option for U.S.-China ties: People's Daily  • Samsung breaks away from chaebol lobby following presidential scandal  • China cultural industry expands faster in 2016  
You are here: 　 Home

Tokyo shares close higher on upbeat U.S. job data, gains in financial shares

Xinhua, February 6, 2017 Adjust font size:

Tokyo shares closed higher on Monday with market confidence boosted by upbeat U.S. jobs data for January as well as gains in financial shares.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended up 58.51 points, or 0.31 percent, from Friday at 18,976.71.

The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange finished 5.43 points, or 0.36 percent, higher at 1,520.42.

Gainers were led by bank, fishery, agriculture and forestry, and metal product issues.

The day's turnover was about 2,180.7 billion yen (19.38 billion U.S. dollars). Endit