Tokyo stocks rose sharply Thursday with the key Nikkei stock index surging 1.66 percent.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 Average advanced 139.04 points from Wednesday to 8,522.02, snapping a four-day losing streak. The broader Topix index expanded 10.61 points, or 1.46 percent to 736. 86.

The leading winner included the nonferrous metals sector, the securities and the textiles sectors. The foods and the pulp and paper sectors were the only decliners.

The turnover was about 1061 billion yen (about 13.83 billion U. S. dollars).