TOKYO: Tokyo stocks rose 0.72 percent Wednesday morning on a weaker yen and solid Japanese growth data, but auto parts giant Takata tumbled after a recall of US cars with potentially deadly airbags was widened.
The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange climbed 144.13 points to 20,170.51 by the break, while the Topix index of all first-section shares gained 0.53 percent, or 8.61 points, to 1,641.94.
Japan’s main stock market got a lift as data released early Wednesday showed the world’s number three economy grew 0.6 percent in the first quarter after limping out of recession in the previous three months.
The latest result was better than a revised 0.3 percent expansion in the final quarter of 2014 and beat the market median forecast of a 0.4 percent on-quarter increase.
