Japan's Nikkei index jumped 3% on Tuesday, October 4, in its best session in more than six months, with investors appealing for blue chips and shares linked to hard-hit growth and following Wall Street's steep rally at the close of Monday.
Nikkei rose 2.96% to 26,992.21 points with broad purchases, marking the highest daily increase since March 23 and the highest level of closure since September 22.
The broader Topix index jumped 3.21% to 1906.89 points in the biggest daily rise since March 10.
Wall Street's three major indexes rose more than 2% Monday, October 3.
