TOKYO, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- The benchmark Nikkei stock index extended its winning streak for a 10th straight day on Monday following Wall Street's solid lead late last week, with investor sentiment also bolstered by optimism for solid corporate earnings.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average added 100.38 points, or 0.47 percent, from Friday to close the day at 21,255.56, marking its highest close since Nov. 27, 1996.
The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, meanwhile, gained 10.56 points, or 0.62 percent, to close at 1,719.18.
By the close of play, insurance, securities, and iron and steel-linked issues comprised those that gained the most, and rising issues beat declining ones by 1,204 to 741, on the First Section, with 85 ending the day unchanged.
On the main section on Monday, 1,801.25 million shares changed hands, dropping from Friday's volume of 1,847.95 million shares.
The turnover on the first trading day of the week came to 2,648.2 billion yen (23.65 billion U.S. dollars).
