Tokyo: Stocks close higher on US rallies

[TOKYO] Tokyo stocks closed higher on Friday, extending rallies on Wall Street which shrugged off three days of slides as markets grapple with the risk of increasing inflation and shifting monetary policy.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index gained 0.78 per cent or 219.58 points to end at 28,317.83, while the broader Topix index was up 0.46 per cent or 8.77 points at 1,904.69.

AFP