Nikkei rises above 18,000 mark www3.nhk.or.jp
On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the benchmark Nikkei Average ended above 18,000 in Friday's morning session. It exceeded the level for the first time since January.
The weaker yen is boosting buy orders for shares of export-related firms. The Japanese currency is trading above 110 yen to the dollar for the first time in about 5-and-a-half months.
The yen weakened further after the chair of the US Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen, indicated that the key interest rate could be raised at a policy meeting in December.
Analysts say that investors want to know what Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President-elect Donald Trump talked about in their first meeting on Thursday.
Published Date:2016-11-18