Tokyo: Stocks close higher after Abe-Trump meeting

[TOKYO] Tokyo stocks closed marginally higher on Thursday after a joint post-summit press conference by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump delivered few surprises to the market.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.15 per cent, or 32.98 points, to 22,191.18 while the broader Topix index was up 0.03 per cent, or 0.51 points, to end at 1,750.18.

AFP