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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