Japanese stock index closes higher

Media iN / Tokyo 25-04- 2019

Japan’s Nikkei rose to a four-and-a-half-month high on Monday, with earnings from some companies worse than some investors feared, as well as a sell-off ahead of a long holiday.
The Nikkei rose 0.48% to close at 22,307.58 points, its highest closing level since early December.
The broader TOPIX index <.TOPX> was up 0.51% at 1,620.28.