The Nikkei stock index on Monday expanded 19 percent from a year earlier, ending at its highest level on record on the back of solid company earnings and a weaker yen boosting export-oriented issues.

Japanese video game company stocks end 2024 with significant returns as other sectors suffer from market volatility and ...

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

Stock market players appear mixed between expectations for a record high close and concerns about an overheated market. Shuji Hosoi of Daiwa Securities Co. said the Nikkei 225 could reach its all ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

BANGKOK – Shares mostly gained in Asia on Monday after U.S. stocks capped a mostly dismal week with a broad rally that still ...

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 ...

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 ...