A woman wearing a protective mask walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 and New York Dow indexes at a securities firm on June 25, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

       TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended higher Friday on hopes that recovery of the world's largest economy will accelerate after U.S. President Joe Biden agreed with a bipartisan group of senators on a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure deal.

       The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended up 190.95 points, or 0.66 percent, from Thursday at 29,066.18. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange finished 15.55 points, or 0.80 percent, higher at 1,962.65.

       Gainers were led by iron and steel, mining and nonferrous metal issues.

       The U.S. dollar was top-heavy in the upper 110 yen range for most of the day, failing to break through the 111 yen line following the agreement on the U.S. infrastructure deal totaling $1.2 trillion in spending over eight years, dealers said.

       At 5 p.m., the dollar fetched 110.75-76 yen compared with 110.84-94 yen in New York and 110.87-89 yen in Tokyo at 5 p.m. Thursday.

       The euro was quoted at $1.1947-1948 and 132.32-36 yen against $1.1925-1935 and 132.21-31 yen in New York and $1.1931-1933 and 132.28-32 yen in Tokyo late Thursday afternoon.

       The yield on the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond fell 0.005 percentage point from Thursday's close to 0.045 percent amid a lack of fresh trading cues, dealers said.

       Shares gained throughout the day, as the market was supported by advances in materials and energy related stocks, tracking their U.S. peers that rose on the deal which includes repair of roads and bridges, brokers said.

       "Investors welcomed the progress in negotiations on the U.S. infrastructure plan in anticipation it will support the U.S. economy and prevent any adverse impact that possible stimulus tapering may have," said Makoto Sengoku, senior equity market analyst at the Tokai Tokyo Research Institute.

       Sengoku said shares were also lifted by Japan's move to speed up its inoculation drive but added the Nikkei is expected to move little throughout next week ahead of U.S. employment data for June to be released next Friday.

       On the First Section, advancing issues outnumbered decliners 1,595 to 504, while 94 ended unchanged.

       Steelmakers notably gained. Nippon Steel climbed 80.00 yen, or 4.4 percent, to 1,909.50 yen, Kobe Steel rose 33 yen, or 4.8 percent, to 721 yen and JFE Holdings advanced 53 yen, or 4.2 percent, to 1,322 yen.

       Panasonic jumped 61.50 yen, or 4.9 percent, to 1,309.00 yen after news reports saying the electronics maker had sold its entire stake in U.S. electric vehicle giant Tesla Inc. by March for about 400 billion yen ($3.6 billion) to invest the proceeds in growth areas.

       Toshiba fell 30 yen, or 0.6 percent, to 4,815 yen on uncertainty over its management after shareholders voted Friday to remove its board chairman, Osamu Nagayama, and another director following a governance scandal, brokers said.

       Trading volume on the main section rose to 904.26 million shares from Thursday's 842.48 million shares.

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