(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Kyo june 03 (qna) - tokyo stocks rose tuesday with the nikkei recovering to the 15000 level for the first time in about two months on a solid performance on wall street and a weaker yen.
the 225-issue nikkei stock average gained 113.91 points or 0.76 percent from monday to 15049.83.
the broader topix index of all first section issues on the tokyo stock exchange was up 8.52 points or 0.70 percent to 1228.99.
the dollar's rise to a one-month high in the mid-102 yen zone also supported the tokyo market with the three major automakers toyota honda and nissan gaining ground.
tokyo shares continued to rise after the dow jones industrial average and the broader s&p 500 stock index finished at all-time highs overnight on a gain in the institute for supply management's factory activity index in april.
on the first section advancing issues outnumbered declining ones 1021 to 609 while 180 finished the morning unchanged.
major gainers included brokerage oil and banking issues.
green tea drink maker ito en rose 43 yen or 1.8 percent to 2391 after announcing the previous day that its group net profit in the fiscal year ending in april 2015 is projected to jump 8.3 percent from the previous year. (qna)
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