Tokyo-stock-exchangeTOKYO: Tokyo stocks jumped 2.0 percent on Thursday, with the benchmark index boosted by a weaker yen and relief over China's latest economic growth data.

 

The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange added 176.31 points to 8,982.86 by the close, while the broader Topix index of all first-section issues rose 1.69 percent, or 12.51 points, to 752.30.

 

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2012

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