Tokyo Stock Exchange
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Tokyo stocks opened higher on Monday
Nov 6, 2017News Hour: Tokyo stocks opened higher on Monday, as investors were encouraged by gains on Wall Street and brisk corporate results reported recently by Japanese companies. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index edged up 0.35 percent, or... -
Tokyo stocks opened flat on Friday after falls on Wall Street
Oct 14, 2017News Hour: Tokyo stocks opened flat on Friday after falls on Wall Street, with Uniqlo’s parent company Fast Retailing performing well on strong annual net profits and Kobe Steel plunging amid a widening scandal. The benchmark... -
Tokyo and Hong Kong led gains on most stock markets in Asia
Oct 4, 2017News Hour: Tokyo and Hong Kong led gains on most markets in Asia on Wednesday following a record close on Wall Street but the dollar eased slightly as attention begins to focus on the likely make-up... -
Tokyo stocks opened higher on Tuesday
Oct 4, 2017News Hour: Tokyo stocks opened higher on Tuesday after Wall Street powered to new records, with investor sentiment buoyed by strong US manufacturing data. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.37 percent, or 76.12 points, to... -
Tokyo stocks were down slightly on Friday
Sep 29, 2017News Hour: Tokyo stocks were down slightly on Friday morning, as exporters slipped due to a gradual pick-up in the yen exchange rate. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index slipped 0.29 percent, or 58.07 points, to sit... -
Tokyo stocks dropped on Tuesday morning
Sep 5, 2017News Hour: Tokyo stocks dropped on Tuesday morning, with investors keeping a nervous eye on any fresh developments in the North Korea nuclear crisis. Traders stayed on alert as South Korea said there were signs the... -
Tokyo stocks opened lower as oil prices dropped
Jun 21, 2017News Hour: Tokyo stocks opened lower on Wednesday after three days of gains, tracking Wall Street’s losses and as oil prices dropped. Leading US indices retreated from record highs on Tuesday, with weakness in petroleum-linked shares,... -
Toshiba faced a looming deadline
Apr 12, 2017News Hour: Toshiba faced a looming deadline on Tuesday to publish a long-overdue earnings report with the loss-hit industrial giant’s shares at risk of being yanked from the Tokyo stock exchange. One of Japan’s best-known firms,... -
Tokyo stocks opened higher as the yen’s rise stalled
Apr 5, 2017News Hour: Tokyo stocks opened higher on Wednesday as the yen’s rise stalled after global markets tentatively advanced ahead of a key US-China summit this week. Wall Street rose modestly after data from the US Commerce... -
Tokyo stocks opened higher on the back of a weaker yen
Mar 1, 2017News Hour: Tokyo stocks opened higher on Wednesday on the back of a weaker yen while investors waited for US President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress. The dollar rose to 113.15 yen...
