Japan Nikkei jumps 0.56% on positive offshore lead

The Japan share market finished higher for third consecutive session on Monday, 11 December 2017, as investor risk appetite buying continued on tracking positive lead from global markets on Friday and the yen's weakening against the dollar. Oil and coal stocks and bank issues comprised those that gained the most, while construction and land transportation shares led decliners. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.56%, or 127.65 points, to end at 22,938.73, while the broader Topix index was up 0.53%, or 9.61 points, at 1,813.34. Rising issues outnumbered falling ones 1,345 to 615 in the TSE's first section, while 87 issues were unchanged. Trading volume plunged to 1.420 billion shares, from Friday's 2.005 billion shares.

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