Nikkei ups 0.49%; track Wall Street gains

The Japan share market finished session higher on Wednesday, 29 November 2017, as risk sentiments underpinned by tracking the advance on Wall Street overnight. However, market gain was limited on reports about the latest ballistic missile launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) earlier in the day. The 225-issue Nikkei average climbed 110.96 points, or 0.49%, to end at 22,597.20. The Topix index of all first-section issues finished up 14.08 points, or 0.79%, at 1,786.15. Rising issues overwhelmed falling ones 1,501 to 477 in the TSE's first section, while 59 issues were unchanged. Volume increased to 1.70 billion shares from Tuesday's 1.48 billion shares.

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