Morning Rise: Points and Market

morning rise: On Thursday, the key market gauge rose 139.70 points. ; The Topix, including all first-section issues, finished up 2.18 points, or 0.13 percent, at 1,619.59, after gaining 9.76 points the previous day, according to The Japan Times. Stocks got off to a firm start as investors took heart from a continued advance of New York stocks, brokers said. The benchmark Nikkei 225 average climbed 45.23 points, or 0.23 percent, to close at 19,691.47. After the morning rise, trading became slow as a wait-and-see mood spread in the Tokyo market before the release of the U.S. government's jobs data for August later on Friday, brokers said. As Friday was the first day of the month, market players were able to adjust their positions more easily for various reasons, said Hideyuki Suzuki, head of the investment market research department at SBI Securities Co. The overall condition of the market, however, was not bad, with investors hunting for undervalued stocks, brokers said. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.