TOKYO (Kodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended higher Monday, backed by hopes for easing trade tensions between the United States and China following their first ministerial-level talks since U.S. President Donald Trump imposed steep tariffs on imports.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended up 140.93 points, or 0.38 percent, from Friday at 37,644.26. The broader Topix index finished 8.59 points, or 0.31 percent, higher at 2,742.08.

On the top-tier Prime Market, gainers were led by warehousing and harbor transportation service, mining and securities house issues.

The U.S. dollar surged to a one-month high near 148 yen in Tokyo, as details from the U.S.-China trade talks announced later in the day fueled further buying of the currency amid easing concerns over a worsening trade conflict between the world's two largest economies.

At 5 p.m., the dollar fetched 147.91-93 yen compared with 145.29-39 yen in New York and 145.15-17 yen in Tokyo at 5 p.m. Friday.

The euro was quoted at $ 1.1104-1106 and 164.25-29 yen against $1.1243-1253 and 163.43-53 yen in New York and $1.1251-1252 and 163.31-35 yen in Tokyo late Friday afternoon.

The yield on the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond ended at 1.385 percent, up 0.035 percentage point from Friday's close, as the outcome of the trade talks also triggered selling of the debt, seen as a safe-haven asset.

Tokyo stocks opened higher after China's official media reported that Beijing agreed with Washington during weekend trade talks in Geneva to establish an economic and trade mechanism. But they fell at one point into negative territory as some investors locked in gains following sharp advances on Friday, brokers said.

"The development can be taken relatively positively as there seems to be a conciliatory mood," said Makoto Sengoku, senior equity market analyst at Tokai Tokyo Intelligence Laboratory Co.

Export-linked auto and machinery shares were supported by a weak yen, which increases exporters' overseas profits when repatriated.

After the Tokyo stock market closed, a joint statement on the Geneva meeting was announced by the White House, which said the United States and China have agreed to drop a large part of recent tariffs imposed on each other's imports.