A man looks at the share price of Japan Airlines on an electronic stock board after a ceremony to mark its relisting at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Japan Airlines Co. capped an $8.5 billion initial public offering, the biggest this year after Facebook’s, with a modest return to theTokyo Stock Exchange: Its share price rose only 1 percent in the first day of trading. AP/Shizuo Kambayashi
TOKYO–Tokyo stocks rose 0.44 percent Friday in volatile trade as the Bank of Japan kept interest rates unchanged and held off further easing measures.
The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange closed up 38.71 points at 8,863.30, while the Topix index of all first-section shares firmed 0.24 percent, or 1.75 points, to 737.13.