Nikkei Financial News

Nikkei share average rose on Friday and logged its best week since mid-August, but gains were capped as the yen strengthened after the Bank of Japan set the stage for future interest rate hikes The tech-heavy Nikkei ended the day up 1.53% at 37,723.91, with chip-sector stocks rallying in line with their U.S. peers. The index advanced 1.57% for the week.

Asian stocks have surged, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 index leading gains after Wall Street romped to records following the Federal Reserve’s big cut to interest rates

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. TOKYO—The Bank of Japan left its short-term policy rate unchanged Friday as it examines how the economy and markets are digesting its most recent interest-rate increase. The Japanese central bank maintained its target for the overnight call rate at 0.25% after raising it to that level in July.

Asian shares are mostly higher as investors focus on prospects for the U.S. Federal Reserve’s first cut to interest rates in more than four years

Tokyo's Nikkei index shed more than three percent on Monday, after weaker than expected US jobs growth and speculation over a Fed rate cut caused global markets to slump. The benchmark Nikkei 225 was down 3.02 percent, or 1,098.77 points, at 35,292.70 in early trade, while the broader Topix index fell 2.67 percent, or 69.28 points, at 2,528.14.

Apple will use organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays for all iPhone models sold in 2025 and later, moving entirely away from liquid crystal displays (LCDs), Japan’s Nikkei newspaper reported, citing unnamed sources. Television and smartphone makers are adopting OLED displays over LCDs for the former’s ability to deliver more vivid colours and sharper contrast, ideal for high-definition videos. <div data-placement=«Mid Article Thumbnails» data-target_ty

Asian shares are trading mostly lower, despite a record high on Wall Street, as investors awaited a closely watched earnings report from Nvidia

Japan's Nikkei share average edged lower on Wednesday as a strengthening yen weighed on the index's many exporters, while looming earnings from AI darling Nvidia later in the day kept investors cautious. The Nikkei was down 0.3% at 38,167.80 as of 0019 GMT, continuing its narrow fluctuations since mid-month anchored around the psychological 38,000 mark.

World shares gained on Friday, just shy of all-time highs, while the dollar languished around one-year lows after the Powell speech. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Avg rose 0.73%, to 41,011, S&P 500 gained 0.65%, to 5,606 and Nasdaq Composite gained 0.9%, to 17,778. Europe's broad Stoxx 600 index rose 0.5% after Asian shares outside Japan had nudged down 0.1%, but Japan's Nikkei gained 0.4%. US Treasury yields fell across the board with benchmark US 10-year notes dipping 5.4 bps to 3.808%, from 3.862% late on Thursday. The dollar turned lower and sterling rose to its highest in more than two years. The euro gained to $1.1179, up 0.6% on the day, hitting a one-year high.

Japan's Nikkei share average rose in early trade on Friday, with pharma shares rallying for a second session, although gains were limited as tech stocks followed their U.S. peers lower. Japanese exporter-heavy equity markets also got some broad support from a weaker yen versus the dollar. However, the outlook for the currency pair looks murky, with investors watching Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda's testimony in parliament after last month's surprise rate hike.

softer yen and technology share gains, as an encouraging U.S. economic outlook continued to support risk appetite globally. The Nikkei rose more than 2% during the session before finishing up 1.8% at 38,062.92, its highest closing level since Aug. 1.

Alimentation Couche-Tard made a proposal to take over much larger rival and 7-Eleven owner Seven & i Holdings Co, in what would be the biggest foreign takeover of a Japanese company. A merger would create the world's top operator of roughly 100,000 convenience stores. Valued at the equivalent of $31 billion before news of the offer emerged, Seven & i shares jumped 23% on Monday. The company said the bid was preliminary and non-binding, without disclosing terms. A special committee of independent outside directors will make a «prompt, careful and comprehensive review of the proposal,» Seven & i said in a statement Monday. Couche-Tard confirmed it made a «friendly, non-binding proposal» but gave no details, and said it's not certain an agreement will be reached.

(Bloomberg) — Circle K operator Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. made a proposal to take over much larger rival and 7-Eleven owner Seven & i Holdings Co., in what would be the biggest foreign takeover of a Japanese company. A merger would create the world’s top operator of roughly 100,000 convenience stores.

Retail investors have grown used to riding the wave of the peaks and troughs over the last few years, from pandemic era paranoia to various macroeconomic events, including two ongoing wars.  When the S&P 500 plummeted by 5.9%, Nasdaq by 8% and the Tokyo's Nikkei 225 slid by as much as a 12% in the first five days of trading in August, according to data from MarketWatch, retail investors overwhelmingly opted against trimming their portfolios.  'Today is going to be carnage': How funds dealt with a week of market volatility Instead, many took advantage of the fire sale was underway w...

Nikkei share average climbed nearly 3% on Friday and notched its best week in more than four years, as strong U.S. retail sales data soothed fears of a recession in the world's largest economy and Japan's top trading partner. The Nikkei closed 3.6% higher at 38,062.67, locking in its second-largest daily gain for the year, while the broader Topix finished up about 3% at 2,678.60.

MUMBAI : Retail and high net-worth individual (HNIs) investors have become a key bulwark for the Indian stock market in recent years. Latest data underscores their growing significance as a counterbalance to selling pressure from foreign institutional investors (FIIs) and “other" investor categories. This domestic buying spree has helped the Nifty outperform its Asian peers, such as Nikkei 225, South Korea's Kospi and Singapore's Straits Times Index, amid global market jitters.

special session on Aug. 23 to discuss the central bank's decision last month to raise interest rates, government sources said on Tuesday. The special session, to be conducted by the lower house financial affairs committee, is likely to ask Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda to attend, said the sources, who declined to be identified. The schedule will be officially decided later on Tuesday.

capital market, the condition is not good this week either. Tokyo stock exchange was the first to crash and the Nikkei Index plummeted by 12.4% on Monday. It was followed by a fall in the cryptocurrency market across the world, which represents the overall bearish sentiment spreading across the world economy, though it may not be directly related to the stock markets. The economic crisis can be understood by the fact that the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down more than 1,000 points, registering a drop of 2.6%, the tech stock index Nasdaq tanked by 3.4% and the S&P 500 fell 3%.

Bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw $194.6 million in inflows on Thursday, according to data shared by Fireside Investors.

In a meeting held today (7 August) with local leaders in Hakodate, Uchida described the policy interest rate of 0.25% as «significantly low» and argued to continue monetary easing in accordance with the current rate due to «developments in financial and capital markets at home and abroad being extremely volatile». His statement came two days after the Japanese stock market suffered its largest one-day decline on Monday (5 August), amid investor fears that the US was heading for a recession. Japan's Nikkei 225 index nosedived at the time by almost 13%, having dropped 5.9% before the we...

global equity markets saw a relief rally following the Bank of Japan's assurance that it will not increase interest rates when the markets are unstable. NSE's Nifty rose 304.95 points, or 1.27%, to close at 24,297, whereas BSE's Sensex rose 874.94 points, or 1.11%, to end at 79,468.