World shares are higher ahead of the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, while bitcoin surged to a record high ...

Asian shares were mixed on Thursday after China rolled out more moves to try to boost its lagging stock markets by raising ...

Asian shares advanced Friday after U.S. stocks rose to a record and the Bank of Japan raised its key lending rate. U.S.

Nikkei 225 is an index which belongs to the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). The Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) calculates the index daily since 1950. The calculation of Nikkei 225 index began on ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks opened higher ... In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average rose 253.75 points, or 0.66 percent, from Wednesday to 38,698.33.

Japanese stocks are higher as a weaker yen raises hopes for domestic earnings growth. Tech, electronics, and machinery shares are leading the gains. SoftBank Group is up 3.8%, Advantest is 3.2% higher ...

Tokyo stocks rose Friday morning, supported by advances on Wall Street overnight, while a cautious mood prevailed ahead of a policy decision by the Bank of Japan and its governor's press conference ...

Tokyo Electron made 41.3% of net sales in China ... curb China’s access to advanced semiconductor technology. The Nikkei stock gage also slid, reversing earlier gains.Most Read from ...

The gains on the Tokyo Stock Exchange followed a strong showing by high-tech stocks, mainly semiconductor stocks, on the New York Stock Exchange. After marking a record high in March, the Nikkei ...

For Takashi Karube and many Japanese like him, the Tokyo stock rally has been little to cheer about. The Nikkei stock index hit its highest ever on Thursday, surpassing a record set in December ...

TOKYO -- Japan's stock market ended 2024 trading with the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average closing at 39,894.54 , its highest-ever finish, as investors bet on the AI-related tech boom, Japanese ...