Points Thursday: Points and Topix Index

points thursday: It rose 9.78 points the previous day, according to The Japan Times. Both indexes opened higher as Tokyo market participants applauded all-time closing highs of all three major U.S. stock indexes Thursday. The Nikkei average of 225 selected issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange fell 87.20 points, or 0.36 percent, to end at 23,837.72, after rising 142.05 points Thursday. ; By contrast, the Topix index of all TSE first-section issues closed up 1.98 points, or 0.11 percent, at 1,733.18. The rises in the U.S. indexes reflected expectations for progress in the U.S.-China trade talks and robust Christmas sales in the United States, brokers said. While the Topix index remained in positive territory, the Nikkei mostly fluctuated under the previous day's closing level for the rest of the session amid an absence of market players and a dearth of fresh trading incentives. But the Nikkei fell into negative territory soon, succumbing to the impact of stocks that went ex-dividend on Friday and selling to lock in profits, brokers said. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.