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Tokyo stocks rose slightly Tuesday morning, as technology stocks tracked gains in their U.S. counterparts and some major insurance firms were bought after releasing favorable earnings results. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 66.23 points, or 0.17 percent, from Monday to 39,135.91. The broader Topix index was up 4.53 points, or 0.16 percent, at 2,772.57. The yield on Japan’s benchmark 10-year government bond briefly climbed 0.005 percentage point from Monday’s close to 0.980 percent to hit a fresh 11-year high, tracking an overnight rise in long-term U.S. Treasury yields. The U.S. dol…

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