TOKYO, April 22 (Bernama-Xinhua) — Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock index closed at a record high on Wednesday, boosted by some heavyweight technology shares, reported Xinhua. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended up 236.69 points, or 0.40 per cent, from Tuesday at 59,585.86, after briefly setting an intraday high. The broader Topix index, however, finished 25.39 points, or 0.67 per cent, lower at 3,744.99. On the Prime Market, the main gainers were information and communication and nonferrous metal issues, while textile and apparel and real estate shares were notable decliners. Stocks opened lower amid uncertainty over the West Asia conflict and […]

Japan’s Nikkei 225 index surged past the 50,000-point mark for the first time in history today, driven by investor optimism surrounding new Prime Minister

Japan benchmark share price indexes, Nikkei and Topix, have both hit all-time highs *** TOPIX is the Tokyo Price Index * covers all domestic companies listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) * designed to track the overall trend of the Japanese stock market * includes over 2,000 companies * a free-float adjusted market capitalization-weighted index (only shares available for trading are considered in its calculations​) Nikkei 225 * a price-weighted index of the top 225 blue-chip companies (TOPIX provides a broader and more comprehensive measure of the market) This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.

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