Tokyo stocks end higher on financial, exporter shares
TOKYO, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks ended higher on Monday, as financial issues were bought on hopes for improved profits and exporters on the yen's weakness.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, ended up 697.12 points, or 1.80 percent, from Friday at 39,332.74.
The broader Topix index, meanwhile, finished 45.32 points, or 1.68 percent, higher at 2,739.39.
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