Tokyo stocks extend gains over Wall Street rises

TOKYO, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks continued to rise on Friday as strong performance of U.S. tech stocks supported buying of semiconductor and AI-related shares in Japan.

The benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, closed up 58.52 points, or 0.15 percent at 39,572.49.

Tracking Wall Street gains, the index was also supported by positive investor sentiment amid Japan's corpora