Tokyo stocks closed higher Monday as the yen's retreat against the U.S. dollar gave exporter issues a boost, while U.S. shares' advance at the end of last week set a positive tone and underpinned the broader market.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average added 151.89 points, or 0.76 percent, from Friday to end the day at 20,080.98.

The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, meanwhile, gained 8.42 points, or 0.52 percent, to finish at 1,615.48.

Marine transportation, electric appliance and rubber product-linked stocks comprised those that advanced the most by the close of play, and advancing issues outpaced declining ones by 1,411 to 469 on the First Section.

Trading volume on the main section on Monday came to 1,540.25 million shares, dropping from Friday's volume of 1,653.75 million shares.

The turnover on the first trading day of the week totaled 2,099.2 billion yen (18.38 billion U.S. dollars).