Tokyo shares rise by 0.86pc
Tuesday, 20 May 2014
Tokyo stocks rose 0.86 per cent on Tuesday morning, tracking gains on Wall Street and as the weaker yen gave exporters a boost. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index added 119.90 points to 14,126.34 by the break, while the Topix index of all first-section shares rose 0.59 percent, or 6.80 points, to 1,156.87, according to AFP.