Nikkei tops 54,000 for 1st time

Nikkei tops 54,000 for 1st time

Stock monitors at a currency trading company in Tokyo show the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average trading above the 54,000 line for the first time following a gain of over 800 points during the morning session on Jan. 14, 2026.

Nikkei tops 54,000 for 1st time

Nikkei tops 54,000 for 1st time

A monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average trading above the 54,000 line for the first time during the morning session on Jan. 14, 2026.

Tokyo stocks surge

Tokyo stocks surge

A financial data monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average rising over 1,800 points from the previous trading day, setting an intraday record high above the 53,000 line on the morning of Jan. 13, 2026.

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - JANUARY 7, 2026 - The largest Xianyu second and recycle trading platform advertisement in China has landed on the world's first eye free 3D screen in Shanghai, China on January 7, 2026.

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - JANUARY 7, 2026 - The largest Xianyu second and recycle trading platform advertisement in China has landed on the world's first eye free 3D screen in Shanghai, China on January 7, 2026.

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - JANUARY 7, 2026 - The largest Xianyu second and recycle trading platform advertisement in China has landed on the world's first eye free 3D screen in Shanghai, China on January 7, 2026.

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - JANUARY 7, 2026 - The largest Xianyu second and recycle trading platform advertisement in China has landed on the world's first eye free 3D screen in Shanghai, China on January 7, 2026.

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - JANUARY 7, 2026 - The largest Xianyu second and recycle trading platform advertisement in China has landed on the world's first eye free 3D screen in Shanghai, China on January 7, 2026.

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - JANUARY 7, 2026 - The largest Xianyu second and recycle trading platform advertisement in China has landed on the world's first eye free 3D screen in Shanghai, China on January 7, 2026.

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Year's first trading at TSE

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 5 Kyodo - Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama strikes a bell at a ceremony marking the year's first trading at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Jan. 5, 2026. (Kyodo)

Nikkei finishes 2024 trading at year-end record high

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 30 Kyodo - Market officials perform a ceremonial hand-clapping at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Dec. 30, 2024, the final trading session of the year, as the Nikkei stock index closed at a record year-end high. (Kyodo)

[Breaking News]Tokyo stocks surge on year's 1st trading day

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 5 Kyodo - A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closing nearly 1,500 points higher on the year's first trading day on Jan. 5, 2026. (Kyodo)

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Old Syrian banknotes sit on a counter at a currency exchange office in Idlib, Syria, on January 4, 2026. Exchange offices have begun replacing old banknotes with a new monetary issue following an announcement by the Central Bank of Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

An exterior view shows a currency exchange office in Idlib, Syria, on January 4, 2026. Exchange offices have begun replacing old banknotes with a new monetary issue following an announcement by the Central Bank of Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

An employee displays a newly issued 500-pound Syrian banknote at a currency exchange office in Idlib, Syria, on January 4, 2026. Exchange offices have begun replacing old banknotes with a new monetary issue following an announcement by the Central Bank of Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Bundles of old Syrian banknotes are stacked on the floor of a currency exchange office in Idlib, Syria, on January 4, 2026. Exchange offices have begun replacing old banknotes with a new monetary issue following an announcement by the Central Bank of Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

An employee displays a newly issued 50-pound Syrian banknote at a currency exchange office in Idlib, Syria, on January 4, 2026. Exchange offices have begun replacing old banknotes with a new monetary issue following an announcement by the Central Bank of Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

A view shows an old Syrian 500-pound banknote (top) placed next to a newly issued one (bottom) at a currency exchange office in Idlib, Syria, on January 4, 2026. Exchange offices have begun replacing old banknotes with a new monetary issue following an announcement by the Central Bank of Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Customers stand at counters at a currency exchange office in Idlib, Syria, on January 4, 2026. Exchange offices have begun replacing old banknotes with a new monetary issue following an announcement by the Central Bank of Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

An employee displays a fan of newly issued Syrian banknotes at a currency exchange office in Idlib, Syria, on January 4, 2026. Exchange offices have begun replacing old banknotes with a new monetary issue following an announcement by the Central Bank of Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

An employee counts old 2,000-pound Syrian banknotes at a currency exchange office in Idlib, Syria, on January 4, 2026. Exchange offices have begun replacing old banknotes with a new monetary issue following an announcement by the Central Bank of Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

An employee displays a newly issued 25-pound Syrian banknote at a currency exchange office in Idlib, Syria, on January 4, 2026. Exchange offices have begun replacing old banknotes with a new monetary issue following an announcement by the Central Bank of Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

An employee counts stacks of 500-pound Syrian banknotes at an exchange office in Idlib, Syria, on January 4, 2026. Exchange offices have begun replacing old banknotes with a new monetary issue following an announcement by the Central Bank of Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

An employee displays a newly issued 100-pound Syrian banknote at a currency exchange office in Idlib, Syria, on January 4, 2026. Exchange offices have begun replacing old banknotes with a new monetary issue following an announcement by the Central Bank of Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

An employee displays a newly issued 10-pound Syrian banknote at a currency exchange office in Idlib, Syria, on January 4, 2026. Exchange offices have begun replacing old banknotes with a new monetary issue following an announcement by the Central Bank of Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

An employee arranges newly issued Syrian banknotes on a counter while customers stand behind a glass barrier at a currency exchange office in Idlib, Syria, on January 4, 2026. Exchange offices have begun replacing old banknotes with a new monetary issue following an announcement by the Central Bank of Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

An employee displays a newly issued 200-pound Syrian banknote at a currency exchange office in Idlib, Syria, on January 4, 2026. Exchange offices have begun replacing old banknotes with a new monetary issue following an announcement by the Central Bank of Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Bundles of newly issued 100-pound Syrian banknotes are seen at a currency exchange office in Idlib, Syria, on January 4, 2026. Exchange offices have begun replacing old banknotes with a new monetary issue following an announcement by the Central Bank of Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Newly issued Syrian banknotes are arranged on a counter next to a calculator at a currency exchange office in Idlib, Syria, on January 4, 2026. Exchange offices have begun replacing old banknotes with a new monetary issue following an announcement by the Central Bank of Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

An employee displays a fan of newly issued Syrian banknotes at a currency exchange office in Idlib, Syria, on January 4, 2026. Exchange offices have begun replacing old banknotes with a new monetary issue following an announcement by the Central Bank of Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Bundles of old Syrian banknotes are stacked on the floor of a currency exchange office in Idlib, Syria, on January 4, 2026. Exchange offices have begun replacing old banknotes with a new monetary issue following an announcement by the Central Bank of Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

An employee counts newly issued Syrian banknotes while customers stand behind a glass barrier at a currency exchange office in Idlib, Syria, on January 4, 2026. Exchange offices have begun replacing old banknotes with a new monetary issue following an announcement by the Central Bank of Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

An employee sits next to stacks of new Syrian banknotes at a currency exchange office in Idlib, Syria, on January 4, 2026. Exchange offices have begun replacing old banknotes with a new monetary issue following an announcement by the Central Bank of Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

An employee counts newly issued Syrian banknotes at a currency exchange office in Idlib, Syria, on January 4, 2026. Exchange offices have begun replacing old banknotes with a new monetary issue following an announcement by the Central Bank of Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nikkei index hits closing high

Nikkei index hits closing high

Stock monitors at a currency trading company in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average hitting a new all-time closing high on Jan. 6, 2026.

Tokyo stocks surge on year's 1st trading day

Tokyo stocks surge on year's 1st trading day

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closing nearly 1,500 points higher on the year's first trading day on Jan. 5, 2026.

Tokyo stocks surge on year's 1st trading day

Tokyo stocks surge on year's 1st trading day

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closing nearly 1,500 points higher on the year's first trading day on Jan. 5, 2026.

Tokyo stocks surge on year's 1st trading day

Tokyo stocks surge on year's 1st trading day

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closing nearly 1,500 points higher on the year's first trading day on Jan. 5, 2026.

Tokyo stocks surge on year's 1st trading day

Tokyo stocks surge on year's 1st trading day

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closing nearly 1,500 points higher on the year's first trading day on Jan. 5, 2026.

Tokyo stocks surge in morning

Tokyo stocks surge in morning

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average rising over 1,400 points on the morning of the year's first trading day on Jan. 5, 2026.

Tokyo stocks surge in morning

Tokyo stocks surge in morning

A stock board in Tokyo shows almost all stocks (shown in red) rising on the morning of the year's first trading day on Jan. 5, 2026.

Year's first trading at TSE

Year's first trading at TSE

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks at a ceremony marking the year's first trading at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Jan. 5, 2026.

Tokyo stocks surge in morning

Tokyo stocks surge in morning

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average rising over 1,000 points on the morning of the year's first trading day on Jan. 5, 2026.

Tokyo stocks surge in morning

Tokyo stocks surge in morning

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average rising over 1,000 points on the morning of the year's first trading day on Jan. 5, 2026.

Tokyo stocks surge in morning

Tokyo stocks surge in morning

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average rising over 1,300 points on the morning of the year's first trading day on Jan. 5, 2026.

Year's first trading at TSE

Year's first trading at TSE

A ceremony marking the year's first trading is held at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Jan. 5, 2026.

Year's first trading at TSE

Year's first trading at TSE

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama strikes a bell at a ceremony marking the year's first trading at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Jan. 5, 2026.

Year's first trading at TSE

Year's first trading at TSE

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama strikes a bell at a ceremony marking the year's first trading at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Jan. 5, 2026.