Japan Market gains 0.18% on positive offshore lead, domestic earnings

Japan share market finished session higher on Tuesday, 08 May 2018, with investors encouraged by Wall Street overnight rallies and Japan's Takeda surging on reports that the drugmaker would make a formal offer to buy Ireland's Shire. However, market gain was capped on caution ahead of planned announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump on a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers. By the close of play, fishery, agriculture and forestry, electric power and gas, and pharmaceutical-oriented issues comprised those that gained the most. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index gained 0.18% or 41.53 points to close at 22,508.69 while the broader Topix index was up 0.37% or 6.64 points at 1,779.82.

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