The second indicator, the Topix, also opened with a gain of 0.68% to 3,122.06 points, six minutes after the session began, at 09:06 local time (01:06 in Lisbon).
The Nikkei index reflects the unweighted average of the 225 leading values on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, while the Topix indicator includes the values of the 1,600 largest listed companies.
