TOKYO—Shares inched higher in European trading Friday after a mixed session in Asia, where many regional markets were closed for the Lunar New Year holiday.
Tokyo ended Friday up less than 0.1 percent after touching a 34-year high earlier in the day. It closed at 36,897.42, helped by comments by a Bank of Japan official who said the central bank would likely stick to its lax monetary policy even if it raises its minus 0.1 percent benchmark rate above zero.
