Tokyo: Stocks open higher

[TOKYO] Tokyo stocks opened higher on Wednesday following record closes on Wall Street while the yen remained weak.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index gained 0.14 per cent, or 26.27 points, to 19,407.71 in the first few minutes of trade while the Topix index of all first-section issues was up 0.17 per cent, or 2.71 points, at 1,558.31.

AFP