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 ...

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 ...

Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index climbed 1.8% to 40,285.25, as shares in automakers and other major exporters rose. A weak yen boosts ...

Toyota shares soared Thursday after Nikkei reported the company aims to double its return on equity target to 20%, citing an ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- 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 ...

Shares are lower in Tokyo and Shanghai, two of only a handful of world markets open on Christmas day. Oil prices rose.

U.S.-traded shares of Toyota Motor surged Thursday following a report from Nikkei that the carmaker is aiming for a 20% ...

The Tokyo Stock Exchange is seen in the capital's Chuo Ward in this Oct. 2, 2020, photo. (Mainichi/Yuki Miyatake) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index ended at a five-month high above 40,000 on ...

The Nikkei was down 0.12 per cent at 38,990.56 ... 4.78 per cent All but two of the 33 industry sub-indexes of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) fell. Steelmakers rose 0.36 per cent and energy ...

In Asia, South Korea’s Kospi added 0.6% to 2,418.80. But shares of Jeju Air Co. lost 8.8% after one of the company’s jets ...

The Nikkei was up 0.53% at 39,336.390 by the midday ... the top performer among the 33 industry sub-indexes on the Tokyo Stock Exchange . Honda Motor rose 4.15% and Nissan Motor gained 5%.

This year’s equity rally in Japan has laid the groundwork for more potential gains in 2025, on tailwinds from the gradual ...