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Tokyo stocks close higher on U.S. tech shares' rally, weaker yen

Xinhua, May 2, 2017 Adjust font size:

Tokyo stocks closed higher Tuesday, as a rise in tech-shares overnight on Wall Street set a positive tone early on, with a weaker yen versus the U.S. dollar lifting exporters and supporting the broader market.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average added 135.18 points, or 0.70 percent, from Monday to close the day at 19,445.70.

The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, meanwhile, gained 10.53 points, or 0.68 percent, to finish at 1,550.30.

Real estate, oil and coal product, and securities-linked stocks comprised those that gained the most by the final bell, and advancing issues outpaced declining ones by 1,487 to 436 on the First Section.

Trading volume on Tuesday on the main section came to 1,862.94 million shares, up from Monday's volume of 1,760.86 million shares.

The total turnover on the second trading day of the week totaled 2,265 billion yen (20.19 billion U.S. dollars). Enditem