On the 9th, buying returned to the Tokyo stock market following last Friday’s sharp drop, sending stocks broadly higher, but the Nikkei failed to recover the ¥60,000 level.
In the Tokyo market at the start of the week, buying spread to stocks that had fallen following the previous week’s sharp decline, resulting in broad gains.
According to market observers, the Nikkei Stock Average rose more than ¥2,000 at one point, but the level near the close was not specified.