A pedestrian walks past a stock indicator board for the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on September 19, 2018. Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei index surged to the highest level in nearly eight months on September 19, with investor sentiment buoyed by gains on Wall Street and a cheaper yen. / AFP PHOTO / Behrouz MEHRI
Tokyo stocks closed flat on Thursday, with traders taking Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s widely expected victory in the party leadership election in their stride.
The Nikkei 225 index closed up just 0.01 percent or 2.41 points at 23,674.93, while the broader Topix index ended up 0.11 percent or 1.94 points at 1,787.60.
The Nikkei index slipped briefly into negative territory after Abe’s comfortable victory was announced because there were “no fresh clues for trade”…
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