Tokyo stocks closed higher Monday tracking gains on Wall Street following solid U.S. jobs data, with the yen's depreciation against the U.S. dollar adding support and giving exporters a boost.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average added 103.56 points, or 0.52 percent, from Friday to close the day at at 20,055.89.

The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, meanwhile, gained 7.82 points, or 0.48 percent, to finish at 1,639.27.

Construction, transport equipment and textile-linked issues were among those that gained the most by the close of play, and advancing issues outpaced declining ones by 1,397 to 514 on the First Section.

Local brokers said the market got off to a bright start following the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing at a fresh new high on Friday for an eighth straight day, with a softer yen also giving the export sector here a lift.

Traders here also said Monday that listed companies that had reported solid earnings recently, also attracted buying.

On the main section on Monday 1,505.90 million shares changed hands, dropping from Friday's volume of 1,515.00 million shares.

The turnover on the first trading day of the week was 2,035.3 billion yen (18.37 billion U.S. dollars).