Tokyo Stock Exchange

News Hour: Tokyo stocks opened higher on Wednesday,following another record close on Wall Street and after Paris stocks reached the year’s highest level. Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.40 percent, or 73.45 points, at 18,433.99...

News Hour: Tokyo stocks opened lower on Monday after Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s resignation following a crushing referendum defeat sparked worries about political instability in the key eurozone country. The euro also briefly dived to...

News Hour: Tokyo stocks opened lower on Friday as investors turned cautious ahead of the release of US jobs data and a key Italian vote, with the benchmark index edging down from its high for the...

News Hour: Tokyo stocks opened sharply higher on Thursday with investor sentiment boosted by the yen’s sharp drop and an OPEC deal to cut oil production. The yen’s fall to its weakest level in more than...

News Hour: Tokyo stocks opened higher on Wednesday as exporters rose on a weaker yen and as energy stocks followed oil prices upward,with investors cheered by encouraging US economic data. “We’re in for another bull market...

News Hour: Tokyo stocks soared six percent on early Thursday after diving the previous day on Donald Trump’s shock win in the US presidential election, as global stocks and the dollar rallied. The benchmark Nikkei 225...

News Hour: Tokyo stocks opened higher on Monday after the FBI lifted the threat that Hillary Clinton might face charges over her private email server ahead of the US presidential election. FBI Director James Comey decided...

News Hour: Tokyo stocks opened lower on Monday, driven down by fresh concerns over US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s emails just over a week ahead of the election. Global markets face increased levels of uncertainty ahead...

News Hour: Tokyo shares opened higher on Monday, despite a weak Japanese business confidence survey, after overseas markets rallied on easing fears over Deutsche Bank’s future. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.88 percent, or 145.16...

News Hour: Tokyo stocks opened higher on Thursday after US and European markets rallied on a surprise deal by OPEC to cut oil production. Officials from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, meeting in Algiers, said...