The Nikkei stock index jumped more than 2 percent Monday morning, driven by sharp rises in heavyweight technology shares tracking gains of their U.S. counterparts late last week.The yield on Japan's benchmark 10-year government bond rose to 2.085 percent, its highest level since 1999, as the bond came under selling on prospects of the Bank of Japan continuing to raise interest rates after lifting its policy rate to a 30-year high around 0.75 percent on Friday. Bond yields move inversely to prices.On the stock market, semiconductor and artificial intelligence issues such as Advantest and Sof…READ FULL ARTICLE
