Tokyo shares close higher
Tokyo stocks closed better on Monday with buyers choosing to increase stocks and eyeing steady gains in US futures. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index introduced 0.98 percent, or 262.49 points, to give up at 27,001.52 even as the broader Topix index climbed 0.92 percent, or 17.20 factors, to 1,894.57. “The decline in long-term US interest rates (on Friday) was a positive factor,
