Tokyo
Tokyo stocks closed higher on Monday after the Bank of Japan’s key business confidence survey showed improvement for the second straight quarter.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index advanced 0.30 percent or 79.92 points to end at 26,732.44, while the broader Topix index climbed 0.48 percent or 8.51 points to 1,790.52.
The Bank of Japan’s December Tankan business survey — a quarterly poll of about 10,000 companies — showed a reading of minus 10 among big manufacturers—AFP
