After a pandemic-related roller-coaster ride, the Nikkei 225 index closed at 27,444.17 on Dec. 30, the highest price for the last trading day of the year since 1989. The benchmark index of the ...

Japan's Nikkei share average retreated on 2024's last trading day on Monday (December 30) from the five-month high hit in the last session, as investors locked in profits on the index that rose ...

Simply sign up to the Japanese business & finance myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index is on track for a record year-end close, finally ...

At 10:30 a.m., the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average fell 1,310.42 points, or 3.39 percent, from Tuesday to 37,375.89. The broader Topix index was down 77.16 points, or 2.82 percent, at 2,656.11.

The Nikkei 225 eventually closed the day’s session at 37,047.61, down 1,638.7 points, or 4.24 percent, from the previous day's close. At its lowest point, the index plummeted by more than 1,800 ...

The Nikkei stock index ended the final trading day of 2024 on a down note but, for the year, rose 19 percent from 2023, closing at a record high on strong corporate earnings and a weaker yen boosting ...