Japanese shares rose for a fourth day, with the Nikkei 225 Stock Average closing above 40,000 for the first time since ...

Tokyo stocks opened higher Friday, with the Nikkei index briefly climbing above the 40,000 line for the first time in five ...

Tokyo stocks rose sharply Monday morning, with the Nikkei hitting an 11-month high, lifted by Wall Street gains late last week amid hopes of an early interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve. The ...

Tokyo stocks climbed for a fifth straight day, with the Nikkei index ending at an 11-month high, buoyed by hopes that the U.S ...

Tokyo stocks climbed Thursday for a third straight day, with the Nikkei index ending at a five-month high, boosted by ...

The Nikkei Stock Average rose to a fresh 34-year high, underpinned by expectations for the Bank of Japan to maintain its super-loose accommodative monetary policy stance and a weaker yen.

The Nikkei is short for Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average, the leading index of Japanese stocks that lists the nation's top 225 blue-chip companies.

The Nikkei Stock Average shed 0.2% to 9,768.37 after trading as low as 9,730.91, and the broader Topix fell 0.1% to 878.72, as shares of Mitsubishi Corp. Nikkei Stock Average taps lowest level of ...

Japan's Nikkei stock index breached 40,000 for the first time Monday, closing at a record-high 40,109.23 after reaching a high of 40,314.64 during trading.

The Nikkei Stock Average closed virtually flat, advancing 5.81 points to a new record high of 39239.52, as gains in steel and bank stocks helped offset losses in retail and railway stocks.

The Nikkei 225 index of leading stocks in Tokyo lost a staggering 4,451 points, its biggest point drop in history. On the more common, ... Most stock quote data provided by BATS.