Tokyo stocks closed higher on Friday, with the Nikkei finishing just below 70,000 points and the Topix extending its longest winning streak since October, highlighting broad market optimism.
The Nikkei 225 rose 1,010.92 points, or 1.47 percent, to close at 69,744.07.
Timothy Pope, a market analyst for China Global Television Network (CGTN), noted that sentiment was strong across the market.
"The Nikkei 225 gained 1.5 percent. It ended the session a little bit below 70,000 points and gained about half of one percent for the week as a whole. The broader Topix index was also rising in Japan as well, and that shows the buoyant sentiment there wasn't just concentrated in the Nikkei's basket of heavyweight tech stocks. The Topix has risen now for five consecutive sessions, its longest winning streak since October of last year. Tech was still pretty well represented among the top gainers though with silicon wafer maker SUMCO adding more than 11 percent and component maker ROHM up fourteen percent 14 percent," Pope said.
Tokyo stocks end higher on buoyant sentiment
