Tokyo: Stocks up after US-Japan summit

[TOKYO] Tokyo stocks rose on Monday with sentiment lifted by upbeat talks over the weekend between US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.41 per cent, or 80.22 points, to close at 19,459.15 while the Topix index of all first-section issues went up 0.49 per cent, or 7.64 points, to 1,554.20.

AFP