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

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting around a record on Friday as they head for the close of a second straight winning ...

TOKYO -- Japan's Tokyo Stock Exchange will impose stricter rules ... from taking companies private at inappropriately low prices, Nikkei has learned. The TSE's code of conduct currently requires ...

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

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 ...

The Nikkei stock index ended the final trading day of 2024 on a down ... At 5 p.m., the dollar fetched 157.88-90 yen compared with 157.79-89 yen in New York and 157.81-83 yen in Tokyo at 5 p.m. Friday ...

TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei share average sank ... by far the most heavily weighted stock on the Nikkei, which shaved off a hefty 331.35 points. Fast Retailing was both the biggest loser points ...

The Nikkei had fallen 0.76% to 39,678.93 by the ... the death of former President Jimmy Carter. All but four of the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s 33 industry sub-indexes fell, with the shipping sector ...

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ending at a record high on July 11, 2024. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks are likely to test new highs in 2025 backed by ...