Tokyo stocks up 0.71 percent by break

A woman walks by an electric stock board outside a securities firm on April 18, 2014, in Tokyo. AP FILE PHOTO

TOKYO–Tokyo stocks rose 0.71 percent Thursday morning, tracking a rise on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve said the US economy was picking up.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index added 101.88 points to 14,405.99 by the break, while the Topix index of all first-section issues was up 1.03 percent, or 11.98 points, to 1,174.42.