Nikkei rises to eight-month high on weaker yen

Japanese share market finished higher for the first time in three consecutive sessions on Thursday, 18 September 2014, on the back of yen depreciation to upper 108-level against the dollar and as the US Federal Reserve has lifted its estimate for the level of the central bank's benchmark interest rate by the end of 2015. The Nikkei 225 index ended 1.13%, or 178.90 points, higher at 16067.57, while the Topix index of all first-section shares rose 0.99%, or 12.95 points, to 1317.91.

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