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Tokyo stocks up 5.7pc at break, extending global rally
Imaduddin
10 Nov, 2016
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Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2016
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![](https://i.brecorder.com/images/2016/11/stock-asia6-nov.jpg">TOKYO: Tokyo stocks soared 5.71 percent on Thursday, led by a surge in financials and exporter giants, on hopes Donald Trump's shock US presidential election win will provide a boost to the world's number one economy.</P><P>The advance tracked a rally on Wall Street where pharmaceutical and banking shares soared on hopes that Trump's defeat of Hillary Clinton would usher in favourable policies.</P><P>The benchmark Nikkei 225 index, which plummeted 5.4 percent on Wednesday, jumped 927.33 points to 17,178.87 by the break. The broader Topix index of all first-section issues was up 5.18 percent, or 67.40 points, at 1,368.56.</P><P>Among the big gainers were exporters as the yen tumbled against the dollar. The greenback bought 105.32 yen in Tokyo, down from 105.72 yen in New York but still sharply up from the 101.20 yen mark touched in Asia earlier Wednesday.</P><P>The Tokyo market saw )
