The Japan share market closed higher on Thursday, 23 March 2017, helped by bottom fishing in domestic-demand stocks, a day after the benchmark index posted its biggest drop in four months. Market upside was, however, limited due to doubts about the ability of the Republican leadership to push through the bill to replace the signature health care program of the previous administration of President Barack Obama. The 225-issue Nikkei average gained 43.93 points, or 0.23%, to close at 19,085.31. On Wednesday, the Nikkei average gave up 414.50 points, suffering the biggest closing loss since Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election in November last year. The Topix index of all first-section issues ended up 0.21, or 0.01%, at 1,530.41.
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