TOKYO, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks closed higher on Tuesday, led by heavyweight technology-related shares on Wall Street while issues were also lifted by a weaker yen.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, ended up 291.07 points, or 0.92 percent, from Monday at 31,856.71.
The broader Topix index finished 24.22 points, or 1.08 percent, higher at 2,265.71.
Tracking the strong performance of high-tech stocks in the overnight U.S. market, buying spread to heavyweight semiconductor-related stocks here in Tokyo, pushing up Japan's Nikkei.
Following the announcement that Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida would meet, the yen exchange rate fell sharply against the U.S. dollar, but the reaction in the stock market was limited due to investors' wait-and-see attitude.
On the Prime Market, gainers were led by electric power and gas, marine transportation, and equipment issues.
Issues that rose outpaced those that fell by 1,329 to 443, while 62 ended the day unchanged.
The turnover on the second trading day of the week came to 2.73 trillion yen (18.7 billion U.S. dollars). ■
