Tokyo stocks advance in morning on Wall Street's gains

TOKYO, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks advanced Thursday morning tracking gains on Wall Street overnight amid investor hopes for a U.S.-Canada free trade deal, but gains were capped by profit-taking after the Nikkei hit a three-month high.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average added 35.42 points, or 0.16 percent, from Wednesday to 22,883.64.

The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, meanwhile, gained 1.13 points, or 0.06 percent, at 1,740.73.

Mining, pulp and paper, and fishery, agriculture and forestry issues comprised those that gained the most by the morning break.