Great recovery at the start of the week for the Tokyo Stock Exchange, which closes the first session with a sharp rise. The index Nikkei of the 225 leading stocks it closed with a gain of 3,84%, returning with momentum above the threshold of 15 thousand points (+578,72 points, at 15.111,23). Even greater is the leap in the broader index Topix, up 4% (+47,12 points, to 1.224,34).
Two factors in particular triggered the purchases on the Japanese stock exchange: the positive performance of Wall Street in the wake of macro data released on Friday in the US and the weakness of the yen, which buoyed stocks of export-oriented companies.
Toyota recorded a jump of 5,2%. Well too Honda (+3,5%) and bank stocks: Mitsubishi UFJ Financial (+ 3,5%), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (+ 3,3%) and Mizuho Financial Group (+3,6%). Furthermore, strong increases for the airline sector, which last week had suffered due to fears related to the Ebola epidemic: Ana Holdings (+ 4%) and Japan Airlines (+ 3,4%).
The news that Japan's $1.200 trillion public pension fund is likely to increase its equity investments by 12 to 25 percent also gave the market confidence.
