Tokyo - The Tokyo market soared nearly 5 per cent to close Tuesday trading as investors returned to buy back battered shares after the benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average hit a three-month low the previous day.
The Nikkei index surged 378.93 points, or 4.93 per cent, to 8,061.07, and the broader Topix index of all first section issues also rose 37.21 points, or 4.84 per cent, to 805.49.
On currency markets at midday (0300 GMT), the dollar traded at 89.70-75 yen, up from Monday's 5 pm quote of 88.61-64 yen.
India equities opened the week on a firm note 
Tokyo - Stocks ended Tuesday morning trading higher in Tokyo as investors bought back battered shares after the benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average hit a three-month low the previous day.
With the intention to strengthen the volatile bourses, the public sector insurer Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has decided to pump in an additional over Rs 4,000 crore in the stock markets by March 2009.
After opening negatively on Friday (Jan 23), Indian equities managed to return into the positive terrain but fell into the red once again as investors turned watchful on account of weak global reaction.
The 30 share index, Sensex lost 649.24 points to 8,674.35 during the week ended Jan 23, 2009. In contrast, the broad based NSE Nifty tumbled 149.9 points to 2,678.55 in the same period.
