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The upscale shopping district of Ginza in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday, May 4, 2024. Japan stocks rebounded sharply on Tuesday after the Nikkei 225 and the Topix dropped over 12% in the previous session. Other Asia-Pacific markets also opened higher. Japan's Nikkei 225 — which saw its largest loss in the previous session since the 1987 Black Monday crash — and the broad-based Topix gained over 10%. The rebound comes after South Korean markets were halted temporarily on Monday after circuit breakers activated.
Persons: Topix, Korea's Kospi, Australia's, Brent Organizations: Nikkei, U.S ., Softbank Group Corp, South, South Korean, Samsung Electronics, chipmaker SK Hynix, . West Texas Locations: Ginza, Tokyo, Japan, Asia, Pacific
Asia-Pacific markets rose Thursday morning as Japan's Topix crossed its all-time high of 2,886.50, previously set in December 1989. The Topix jumped 0.56% in early morning trading, while the Nikkei 225 rose 0.55%. The Nikkei is less than 150 points from its all-time high of 40,888.43. Big firms with 300 or more union-backed employees raised wages by 5.19%, while smaller firms increased pay by 4.45%. Australia's trade surplus is expected to narrow to 6.3 billion Australian dollars ($4.23 billion) from about AU$ 6.5 billion.
Persons: Topix Organizations: Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Nikkei, Bank of Japan Locations: Asia, Pacific, Hong Kong
Commercial and residential buildings seen from the rooftop of the Lotte Corp. World Tower at sunset in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Asia-Pacific markets fell on Tuesday, despite gains on Wall Street that saw the Nasdaq Composite reached a new record on the strength of tech stocks. The index was led by gains in Microsoft , Apple and chipmaker Nvidia . It advanced 0.83% to end at 17,879.3. Traders in Asia are assessing South Korea's inflation numbers which came in at 2.4% for June, missing expectations by economists polled by Reuters who predicted a inflation rate of 2.7%.
Organizations: Lotte Corp, Nasdaq, Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, Traders, Reuters Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Asia, Pacific
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