Japanese stocks extended gains Tuesday for the second consecutive trading day on overnight rises on Wall Street and eased concerns about the eurozone debt crisis. A system failure halted derivatives trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange for one and a half hours in the morning, but the suspension appeared to have little impact on other trading, according to a report of DPA. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average gained 77.02 points, or 0.88 per cent, to end at 8,803.31 while the broader-based Topix index was up 7.97 points, or 1.08 per cent, at 743.7.
