Japanese stocks closed higher, driven by low buying

Despite investors’ concerns about the emergence of a new variant virus strain of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in 2019, doubts about U.S. economic data, and uncertainty about trade talks after Britain’s exit from the European Union, Japanese stocks rebounded today driven by low take-up buying and closed higher at the end.

The Nikkei closed up 88.40 points, or 0.33%, to 26524.79 points. The TSE stock index closed up 4.09 points, or 0.23%, to 1765.21 points.