Tokyo stocks end mixed with Nikkei closing above 40,000 for 1st time
TOKYO, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks ended mixed on Monday, with the benchmark Nikkei at a fresh closing high above the 40,000 threshold on firm technology stocks.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, ended up 198.41 points, or 0.50 percent, from Friday at 40,109.23, after it briefly hit a record intraday high of 40,314.64.
The broader Topix index, meanwhile, was do