tokyo stocks reversed earlier losses and ended higher monday lifted by a lower yen and bargain hunting the benchmark nikkei 225 index rose 026 percent or 7337 points to end at 2824924 while the broader topix index added 022 percent or 424 points at 195141 strong us jobs data helped buoy the tokyo market with hopes rising for a softlanding scenario of the us economy daiwa securities said cyclical shares broadly gained including stocks related to natural resources and materials including mining nonferrous metal and steel daiwa said there was a healthy appetite for bargain hunting even after recent gains according to okasan online securities and investors cheered the dollars climb to 13527 yen up from 13500 yen on friday in new york a weaker yen can boost the profits of japanese exporters the dollars gain served as a tailwind for the tech sector in tokyo okasan said with investors also focused on individual corporate earnings softbank group ended 074 percent up at 5695 yen after market close the tech investor reported huge losses in the three months to june due to the global bear market sony group ended up 034 percent to 11725 yen and uniqlo operator fast retailing added 031 percent to 83860 yen tokyo electron a major producer of tools to build semiconductors jumped 172 percent to 49700 yen toyota remained underwater throughout the day ending down 033 percent to 2116 yen nintendo also ended down 172 percent at 57710 yen