TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks climbed Friday, led by heavyweight semiconductor-related shares, after rises on Wall Street overnight, with buying on dips also providing support to the market.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended up 257.68 points, or 0.68 percent, from Thursday at 38,283.85. The broader Topix index finished 13.72 points, or 0.51 percent, higher at 2,696.53.

On the top-tier Prime Market, gainers were led by oil and coal product, nonferrous metal, and textile and apparel shares.

The U.S. dollar rose to the upper 154 yen range in Tokyo, rebounding from a drop caused by the buying of the yen, seen as a safe-haven asset, amid escalating tensions in the Russia-Ukraine war, dealers said.

At 5 p.m., the dollar fetched 154.72-74 yen compared with 154.48-58 yen in New York and 154.89-92 yen in Tokyo at 5 p.m. Thursday.

The euro was quoted at $1.0486-0487 and 162.25-29 yen against $1.0468-0478 and 161.77-87 yen in New York, and $1.0536-0537 and 163.21-25 yen in Tokyo late Thursday afternoon.

The yield on the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond fell 0.015 percentage point from Thursday's close to 1.080 percent, as the debt was bought after yields rose on speculation the Bank of Japan might hike interest rates again soon.

Stocks were in positive territory throughout the day as a rise in U.S. technology shares after the earnings release Wednesday by U.S. chip giant Nvidia Corp. provided a sense of relief to investors, analysts said.

The market was also supported by buybacks in oversold sectors after the Nikkei index briefly fell below the 38,000 yen line the previous day.

"The sense of relief appeared to be driving buying in a broader range on stocks that had recently reported strong earnings," said Makoto Sengoku, senior equity market analyst at Tokai Tokyo Intelligence Laboratory Co.

In addition to solid business performance, bank issues gained on hopes for improved profits amid growing speculation about the BOJ's rate hike soon after Japan's core consumer prices for October, released prior to market open, showed inflation remaining above the central bank's 2 percent target, brokers said.