Stocks rose Monday, supported by a continued rise on Wall Street late last week. The Nikkei 225 average rose 53.26 points, or 0.26 percent, to end at 20,719.33, a level unseen since Dec. 19. On Friday, the key market yardstick jumped 263.80 points. The Topix, which ...
After plunge, Tokyo stocks expected to remain unstable in coming week
Tokyo stocks are expected to remain unstable next week, with persistent concerns over a slowdown in the global economy likely to continue to grip the market, observers have said. On Friday, the first trading day of 2019 after the New Year's holidays, the Nikkei tumbled ...
Stocks ended the first trading day of 2019 with heavy losses Friday as a sharply stronger yen and an overnight plunge in U.S. equities spurred broad selloffs on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The 225-issue Nikkei average tumbled 452.81 points, or 2.26 percent, to close at ...
China-U.S. trade spat's influence likely to send Tokyo stocks into another slide in 2019
Other concerns include the planned consumption tax hike at home and a stronger yen, with both endangering corporate profits.
2019: Reasons to be bullish or bearish
It was in September 2008 that the collapse of Lehman Brothers triggered an economic shock leading to a global recession. Since then, most countries have gradually recovered, and in recent years what came to be called a Great Moderation permeated the world's economies. That market ...
Tokyo Stock Exchange firms expect first net profit fall in 3 years: survey
The nation's major companies are expecting the first decline in combined net profit in three years for the current business year ending next March, as they anticipate the effects of the U.S.-China trade spat, according to a survey released Wednesday. The survey by SMBC Nikko ...
Tokyo Stock Exchange is an 'irresponsible' market referee, fund head says
The Tokyo Stock Exchange is failing in its duty as a market referee, according to the chairman of a prominent Japanese investment fund. The TSE must serve as arbiter of the regulations for companies that it started in June 2015, said Yasushi Ando of New ...
Mom and pop investors tiptoe into Japan's lucrative REIT market
This summer, Japanese real estate investment trusts benefited from an unexpected group of net buyers for the first time in nearly seven years: Mom and pop investors. Encouraged by the relatively lucrative returns, an increasing number of retail investors are putting their money in some ...
Sharp Corp. has applied to be relisted on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange after being demoted last year while in dire straits. The move, announced Friday, is part of the electronics maker's rebound under Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. after years ...
Sharp to file next week for return to Tokyo Stock Exchange first section
Sharp Corp. will file next week to return to the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange after being demoted last year due to poor financial health, the president said Tuesday. The move comes as the electronics maker aims to return to a growth track ...
Fate of Toshiba hangs in the balance as TSE delisting threat looms
Toshiba’s survival hangs on the ability to make its earnings deadlines, eliminate its negative net worth and show improvement in management.
