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Global Economy
Chinese stocks snap 13-day rally, yen weakens: markets wrap
China’s CSI 300 Index officially entered a bull market on Monday, before closing for a week-long public holiday.
11 days ago
Japan
Japanese pharma stocks surge to record-highs after market rout
Drugmakers have gained 10% since the start of July through last week, leading advances among 33 sectors in Topix index.
August 26, 2024
Japan
Retail investors bought Japanese stocks for fourth straight week
This is the longest such streak since the beginning of January 2023.
August 08, 2024
Global Markets
Japan’s three-day meltdown rewrites records; analysts debate Fed inter-meeting cuts
The Fed did “meaningful” inter-meeting cuts in 2020 during the outbreak of Covid-19, notes one analyst.
August 07, 2024
Japan
Japan hedge funds post best single-day performance: Goldman Sachs
Japan’s Topix index swung between gains and losses as banks provided support on an increase in long-term bond yields.
August 07, 2024
Global Markets
Intensifying Yen rally sinks Japan stocks, rattles global market
Japanese bond yields tumble most since 1999, hurting banks. Meanwhile Topix index erases a year of gains, and enters bear market.
August 05, 2024
Global Markets
Nikkei 225 breaches key 40,000 level for first time
Still, many foreign investors remain bullish on Japanese stocks
March 04, 2024
Global Markets
US$165 bil money manager says Japanese stock gloom is overdone
TOKYO (April 17): Japanese stocks have been battered so badly that they’re too cheap to ignore, says the US$165 billion ($230.3 billion) investor Pictet Asset Management Ltd., after the Topix index tumbled to its fifth straight weekly loss.
April 17, 2017
Global Markets
World’s biggest comeback breathes life into Japan’s equity bulls
TOKYO (Nov 21): The global stock market’s biggest comeback story of 2016 isn’t over yet. So say Citigroup Inc., AllianceBernstein and Bordier & Cie, who all see further gains for Japanese shares after the Nikkei 225 Stock Average climbed more than 20%
November 21, 2016
Asia’s stock gauge fluctuates as Japan drops, China advances
SYDNEY / TOKYO (May 23): Asia’s benchmark stock index swung between gains and losses as Japanese shares fell as the yen advanced, offsetting gains in Chinese and Taiwanese shares.
May 23, 2016