TOKYO, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — Tokyo shares closed increased on Tuesday, led by heavyweight technology-related shares on Wall Street whereas points had been additionally lifted by a weaker yen.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, ended up 291.07 factors, or 0.92 p.c, from Monday at 31,856.71.
The broader Topix index completed 24.22 factors, or 1.08 p.c, increased at 2,265.71.
Tracking the robust efficiency of high-tech shares within the in a single day U.S. market, shopping for unfold to heavyweight semiconductor-related shares right here in Tokyo, pushing up Japan’s Nikkei.
Following the announcement that Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida would meet, the yen alternate price fell sharply towards the U.S. dollar, however the response within the stock market was restricted resulting from buyers’ wait-and-see perspective.
On the Prime Market, gainers had been led by electrical energy and gasoline, marine transportation, and tools points.
Issues that rose outpaced people who fell by 1,329 to 443, whereas 62 ended the day unchanged.
The turnover on the second buying and selling day of the week got here to 2.73 trillion yen (18.7 billion U.S. {dollars}).