Tokyo Reuters —
Japan’s Nikkei share average closed at a fresh 34-year high on Tuesday as trading resumed after a long holiday weekend, with tech-related shares and strong corporate earnings supporting the benchmark stock index.
The Nikkei climbed 2.89% to 37,963.97 to its highest since January 1990, after briefly breaching 38,000 points. The broader Topix rose 2.12%.
Chip-sector giant Tokyo Electron gained 13.33%, making it the best performer of the day.
SoftBank Group Corp rose 6.27%, buoyed by the rally in semiconductor developer ARM Holding, in which SoftBank has a 90% stake.
Among other top gainers, Tokio Marine Holdings Inc and MS&AD Insurance
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