Tokyo stocks advance in morning on Wall Street's gains, ECB's QE decision

TOKYO, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks advanced Friday morning as buying impetus was led by a strong lead from Wall Street overnight, with the European Central Bank (ECB) announcing it would scale back its quantitative easing program at a moderate rate pace also drawing support here.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 203.46 points, or 0.94 percent, from Wednesday to 21,943.24.

The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, meanwhile, added 12.72 points, or 0.73 percent, at 1,766.62.

Bank, information and communication, and rubber product-linked issues comprised those that gained the most by the morning break.