TOKYO: Stocks here today rose on bargain-hunting the day after the market joined a global rout amid lingering worries about higher US interest rates and trade wars.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index, which plunged nearly four percent on Thursday, gained 0.46 percent or 103.80 points to close at 22,694.66, while the broader Topix index edged up 0.03 percent or 0.59 points at 1,702.45.