Tokyo stocks closed higher Tuesday with the benchmark Nikkei index hitting a 22-month high as solid gains on Wall Street bolstered sentiment here and a weaker yen against the U.S. dollar added support and lifted exporters.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 162.66 points, or 0.81 percent, from Monday to end the day at 20,230.41, marking its highest close since Aug. 18, 2015.
The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, meanwhile, added 11.18 points, or 0.70 percent, to finish at 1,617.25.
Rubber product, nonferrous metal and machinery-linked stocks comprised those that gained the most by the close of play, and advancing issues outpaced declining ones by 1,532 to 389 on the First Section.
Trading volume on the main section on Tuesday came to 1,836.54 million shares, rising from Monday's volume of 1,484.69 million shares.
The turnover on the second trading day of the week totaled 2,519.2 billion yen (22.55 billion U.S. dollars).
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