Markets
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Selling Spurred Selling Monday in Tokyo as Investors Panicked; Nikkei Index Lost Over 7,600 Points in 3 Trading Days
The Tokyo stock market was deeply shaken Monday by a combination of concerns about a U.S. economi...
August 6, 2024
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Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average Rebound from Epic Drop with Record Rise on Tuesday; Nikkei, Topix See Biggest Point Gains in History
The Tokyo stock market was on an all-out rise Tuesday in reaction to its largest-ever decline on ...
August 6, 2024
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Kishida Says Govt to Continue Monitoring Stock Market; PM Cites Need for Calm, Plus Cooperation With BOJ
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida spoke about turbulent stock prices at a press conference after the a...
August 6, 2024
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Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average Ends with Biggest Gain after Record Loss Day Before (UPDATE 1)
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock average marked its biggest-ever single-day point rise...
August 6, 2024
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Japan Govt, BOJ to Hold Talks on Markets Tues. Afternoon
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japan’s Finance Ministry, the Financial Services Agency and the Bank of Japan ...
August 6, 2024
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Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average Briefly Surges over 3,400 Points in Morning (UPDATE 2)
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japan’s key Nikkei 225 stock average jumped briefly over 3,400 points Tuesday ...
August 6, 2024
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Japan’s Nikkei Average Plunges Record 4,451 Points; U.S. Jobs Data Among Factors Weighing on Tokyo Stock Prices
The benchmark Nikkei 225 plunged a record 4,451.28 points on Monday to close at 31,458.42 as Toky...
August 5, 2024
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Japan’s Nikkei Average Drops Over 4,400 Points, Recording Largest Drop
The Nikkei stock average dropped 4,451.28 points, or more than 12%, to 31,458.42 yen on Monday co...
August 5, 2024
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Japan’s Nikkei Average Temporarily Drops Over 3,200 Points; Yen Rises to 142 Against Dollar (Update 2)
The Nikkei stock average temporarily dropped over 3,200 points, or about 9%, on Monday compared t...
August 5, 2024
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Nikkei Average Temporarily Drops Over 2,500 Points
The Nikkei stock average temporarily dropped over 2,500 points compared to the previous weekend's...
August 5, 2024
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Stocks Plunge over U.S. Economy, Yen’s Appreciation; Volatile Price Moves May Continue
The Nikkei-225 Stock Average posted the second-largest daily drop in its history on the Tokyo Sto...
August 3, 2024
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Dollar Hits Four-Month Low as Weak U.S. Jobs Data Boosts Rate Cut Bets
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S dollar dropped to a four-month low on Friday after a weaker-than-exp...
August 3, 2024
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Nikkei Average Suffers 2nd-Biggest Loss Ever
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 average shed over 2,200 points Friday to mark i...
August 2, 2024
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Nikkei Nosedives over 2,000 Points in Morning
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average took a plunge of over 2,000 point...
August 2, 2024
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Nikkei Stock Average Plunges More Than 1,200 (Update3)
Nikkei stock average plunged more than 1,200 points on Thursday morning.
...August 1, 2024
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