Tokyo’s Nikkei index opens 0.56% higher, by Reuters

© Archyde.com. A passerby appears in front of an electronic screen showing the movement of the Japanese Nikkei index outside a brokerage office in Tokyo on October 18, 2022. Photo: Ise Kato-Rho

TOKYO (Archyde.com) – The benchmark index rose in early trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Thursday.

The Nikkei rose 0.56 percent to 27,654.72 points, while the broader Topix index rose 0.42 percent to 1,996.09 points.

(Prepared by Doaa Muhammad for the Arabic Bulletin)