Friday, 20 March 2015 12:23
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed 0.43 percent higher Friday on bargain-hunting, but Nintendo retreated after the videogame giant’s shares surged more than 30 percent in two days on a plan to enter the smartphone gaming market.
The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose 83.66 points to finish at 19,560.22, a fresh 15-year high, while the Topix index of all first-section shares gained 0.30 percent, or 4.70 points, to 1,580.51.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2015
