TOKYO -- Japan's blue-chip Nikkei Stock Average briefly surpassed the 30,000 mark for the first time in five months on Tuesday morning as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's resignation announcement continued to fuel investor optimism.
The benchmark index was up 1.3% at one point in morning trade before closing 0.9% higher at 29,916, advancing for a seventh consecutive trading session. The broader Topix index also continued to climb, closing at its highest level since August 1990, when the asset bubble burst in Japan.
