Tokyo: Shares gain as Evergrande makes interest payment
[TOKYO] Tokyo stocks advanced Friday as investors cheered news that the troubled Chinese property giant Evergrande had made a key interest payment.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index added 0.34 per cent or 96.27 points to 28,804.85, while the broader Topix index edged up 0.07 per cent or 1.42 points to 2,002.23.
AFP
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