TOKYO, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks rebounded on Tuesday amid buying of exporter and tech-related issues after the Japanese central bank decided to maintain its ultra-loose monetary policy.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, ended up 460.41 points, or 1.41 percent, from Monday to close the day at 33,219.39.
The broader Topix index, meanwhile, ended 16.95 points, or 0.73 percent, higher at 2,333.81.
During the day, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) wrapped up its two-day policy meeting with a dovish tilt in unchanged monetary easing measures, leading to a sharp rally in the Nikkei Stock Average in the afternoon session.
The BOJ said that short-term interest rates will remain minus 0.1 percent while maintaining its policy of guiding 10-year Japanese government bond yields to around zero percent, sending the Japanese yen tumbling against the U.S. dollar in the forex market.
Following the announcement, short-term investors, who had been selling in anticipation of a policy shift, began to buy back, and buying spread to issues in export-related industries such as automobiles.
On the top-tier Prime Market, gainers were led by insurance, marine transportation and food issues.
Issues that rose outpaced those that fell by 1,211 to 401, while 49 ended the day unchanged. ■
