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Tokyo stocks close higher on Wall Street's lead, halt in yen's rise

Xinhua, April 5, 2017 Adjust font size:

Tokyo stocks closed higher Wednesday following a strong lead from Wall Street overnight and a halt in the yen's appreciation, but market consternation was stoked by the firing of a ballistic missile by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea before markets opened.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average added 51.02 points, or 0.27 percent, from Tuesday to end the day at 18,861.27.

The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, meanwhile, gained 0.12 point, or 0.01 percent, to finish at 1,504.66.

Issues that notably advanced into positive territory by the close of play comprised precision instrument, information and communication, and nonferrous metal-linked stocks.

Trading volume on Wednesday totaled 1,892.16 million shares, dropping from Tuesday's volume of 2,260.50 million, on the main section.

The total turnover came to 2,232 billion yen (20.17 billion U.S. dollars) on the First Section. Enditem