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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.

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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.

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Italian bond yields top 5 pct

STORY: Italian bond yields top 5 pct DATELINE: Oct. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:47 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Italy-related footage STORYLINE: Yields on Italian government bonds topped the 5 percent threshold for the first time in more than a decade on Wednesday, continuing a weeks-long trend that has seen yields pushed higher amid concerns over interest rates, economic growth and inflation. The government's benchmark ten-year bond yield peaked at 5.012 percent in early trading on secondary markets, before retreating slightly and closing Wednesday's session at 4.907 percent. The last time the yield on Italian government bonds was so high was in August 2012. Since then, bond yields in Italy have dropped and fluctuated for the past ten years before rising again in early 2021. Analysts said that the rise in bond yields across Europe over the last 18 months has been mostly powered by high inflation, stemming from an interruption in energy supplies due to the Ukraine crisis, and an in

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-SHENZHEN-STOCK EXCHANGE-REGISTRATION BASED IPO-CEREMONY (CN)

(230410) -- BEIJING, April 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Honored guests watch live streaming of ceremonies celebrating the listing of the first batch of shares under China's registration-based initial public offering (IPO) system on the main boards of the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges at a parallel session of the ceremonies in Beijing, capital of China, April 10, 2023. The first batch of 10 shares under China's registration-based IPO system started trading Monday on the main boards of the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges. (Xinhua/Li He)

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(2)Tokyo stocks open lower on 1st trading day of 2005

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Stock Exchange employees clap their hands at the opening of the New Year's first trading on Jan. 4. Stock prices opened lower but rallied later with the benchmark Nikkei stock index finishing at its highest closing since mid-July at the end of the half-day session.

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1st stock trading of 2015

TOKYO, Japan - Women wearing kimono pose for photos during a ceremony marking the first trading session of 2015 at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Jan. 5, 2015.

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1st stock trading of 2015

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Taro Aso rings the bell during a ceremony marking the first trading session of 2015 at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Jan. 5, 2015.

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1st stock trading of 2015

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Taro Aso (C) delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the first trading session of 2015 at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Jan. 5, 2015.

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Prime Minister Abe playing golf

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe plays golf in the city of Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 29, 2013. Abe will end this year's official duties on Dec. 30 by attending the year-end trading session at Tokyo Stock Exchange. Abe is scheduled to hold his first press conference of next year on Jan. 6 after visiting Ise Shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture.

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Tokyo stocks fall on 2009 last trading day, Nikkei rises 19% on year

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese teenage golf star Ryo Ishikawa poses for photographers before ringing the bell during the annual closing ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2009. Tokyo stocks fell in the year's final session, but the key Nikkei index ended 2009 with a 19 percent rise, which followed a historic 42 percent plunge in 2008, and the yearly climb was the first for the benchmark since 2006.

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Tokyo stocks fall on 2009 last trading day, Nikkei rises 19% on year

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese teenage golf star Ryo Ishikawa poses for photographers before ringing the bell during the annual closing ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2009. Tokyo stocks fell in the year's final session, but the key Nikkei index ended 2009 with a 19 percent rise, which followed a historic 42 percent plunge in 2008, and the yearly climb was the first for the benchmark since 2006.

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Nikkei tops 10,000, 1st time in 5 weeks

TOKYO, Japan - A man passes an electronic display in Tokyo showing that the Nikkei stock index topped 10,000 after the morning trading session at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 4, 2009. The index went above the 10,000 line for the first time in five weeks.

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Nikkei tops 10,000, 1st time in 5 weeks

TOKYO, Japan - People pass an electronic display in Tokyo showing that the Nikkei stock index topped 10,000 after the morning trading session at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 4, 2009. The index went above the 10,000 line for the first time in five weeks.

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Nikkei rises to close above 10,000 for 1st time in 8 months

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic stock board at a securities company in Tokyo's Yaesu business district shows the benchmark Nikkei stock index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange closing the June 12 trading session above 10,000 for the first time since Oct. 7 last year.

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Nikkei tops 9,000 for 1st time in 2 months

TOKYO, Japan - Officials dressed in traditional kimono at the Tokyo Stock Exchange and other officials, including from brokerage houses, applaud during a ceremony to mark the beginning of this year's trading at the TSE on Jan. 5. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 183.56 points, or 2.07 percent, to close the half-day session at 9,043.12, topping the 9,000 mark for the first time in nearly two months.

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Nikkei extends losing streak to 12 sessions for 1st time in 54 years

TOKYO, Japan - A stock price board at a securities company in central Tokyo shows the Nikkei Stock Average losing 27.51 points to close at 13,237.89 on July 4. The key index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange extended its losses for a 12th straight trading session for the first time in more than half a century.

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Citigroup debuts on TSE as its CEO quits amid subprime woes

TOKYO, Japan - Douglas Peterson, chief executive officer of Citigroup Japan Holdings Ltd., strikes the bell at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Nov. 5 to celebrate the listing on the TSE's First Section. Citi's initial quote of 4,580 yen, reached about 20 minutes into the trading session, was up 5.7 percent from the reference price of 4,330 yen set by the TSE. The stock ended the morning session at 4,550 yen.

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Nikkei stock index ends morning trading below 17,000

TOKYO, Japan - A man passes by an electronic stock board in central Tokyo that shows the benchmark key Nikkei index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange below 17,000 -- for the first time in about two months -- during the morning trading session on March 5.

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Nikkei briefly falls below 8,300 on jitters over banks

TOKYO, Japan - A passerby looks at a stocks price quotation board at a brokerage house in Tokyo's Ginza district on Nov. 18 during the afternoon trading session when the key Nikkei index briefly fell below 8,300 for the first time in about six weeks on an intraday basis.

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Tokyo stocks trading starts

The floor of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) is thronged for the opening of the year's first trading session Jan. 4. Shares on the Tokyo market opened sharply lower, with the 225-issue Nikkei average falling 327.94 points, or 2.37 percent, from Dec. 30 to 13,514.23 in the first 15 minutes of trading. Floor trading in Tokyo will disappear in April with the beginning of full-scale computerization.

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Dealers smile as Nikkei regains 15,000

Dealers smile as share prices rise in Tuesday morning trading at the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Sept. 8. The benchmark 225-issue Nikkei index won 15,000 for the first time in two weeks. Stock prices jumped across the board, led by the upward trend in futures trading. The Nikkei index finished the morning session at 15,132.72, up 342.66 points from Monday. The index last traded above 15,000 on an intraday basis on Aug. 26.

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Nikkei stock index ends morning trading below 17,000

TOKYO, Japan - A man passes by an electronic stock board in central Tokyo that shows the benchmark key Nikkei index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange below 17,000 -- for the first time in about two months -- during the morning trading session on March 5. (Kyodo)

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Citigroup debuts on TSE as its CEO quits amid subprime woes

TOKYO, Japan - Douglas Peterson, chief executive officer of Citigroup Japan Holdings Ltd., strikes the bell at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Nov. 5 to celebrate the listing on the TSE's First Section. Citi's initial quote of 4,580 yen, reached about 20 minutes into the trading session, was up 5.7 percent from the reference price of 4,330 yen set by the TSE. The stock ended the morning session at 4,550 yen. (Kyodo)

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Nikkei extends losing streak to 12 sessions for 1st time in 54 ye

TOKYO, Japan - A stock price board at a securities company in central Tokyo shows the Nikkei Stock Average losing 27.51 points to close at 13,237.89 on July 4. The key index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange extended its losses for a 12th straight trading session for the first time in more than half a century. (Kyodo)

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Nikkei tops 9,000 for 1st time in 2 months

TOKYO, Japan - Officials dressed in traditional kimono at the Tokyo Stock Exchange and other officials, including from brokerage houses, applaud during a ceremony to mark the beginning of this year's trading at the TSE on Jan. 5. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 183.56 points, or 2.07 percent, to close the half-day session at 9,043.12, topping the 9,000 mark for the first time in nearly two months. (Kyodo)

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Nikkei rises to close above 10,000 for 1st time in 8 months

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic stock board at a securities company in Tokyo's Yaesu business district shows the benchmark Nikkei stock index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange closing the June 12 trading session above 10,000 for the first time since Oct. 7 last year. (Kyodo)

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(2)Tokyo stocks open lower on 1st trading day of 2005

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Stock Exchange employees clap their hands at the opening of the New Year's first trading on Jan. 4. Stock prices opened lower but rallied later with the benchmark Nikkei stock index finishing at its highest closing since mid-July at the end of the half-day session. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo stocks dive in morning

A monitor in Tokyo shows the Nikkei Stock Average falling more than 500 points to around 18,500 during the morning session on Jan. 4, 2016, the first trading day of the year, on selling attributed to a slide in Chinese manufacturing conditions in December and declines in New York stocks on New Year's Eve. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st stock trading of 2015

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Taro Aso rings the bell during a ceremony marking the first trading session of 2015 at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Jan. 5, 2015. (Kyodo)

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1st stock trading of 2015

TOKYO, Japan - Women wearing kimono pose for photos during a ceremony marking the first trading session of 2015 at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Jan. 5, 2015. (Kyodo)

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1st stock trading of 2015

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Taro Aso (C) delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the first trading session of 2015 at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Jan. 5, 2015. (Kyodo)

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Nikkei tops 10,000, 1st time in 5 weeks

TOKYO, Japan - People pass an electronic display in Tokyo showing that the Nikkei stock index topped 10,000 after the morning trading session at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 4, 2009. The index went above the 10,000 line for the first time in five weeks. (Kyodo)

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Nikkei tops 10,000, 1st time in 5 weeks

TOKYO, Japan - A man passes an electronic display in Tokyo showing that the Nikkei stock index topped 10,000 after the morning trading session at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 4, 2009. The index went above the 10,000 line for the first time in five weeks. (Kyodo)

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Nikkei briefly falls below 8,300 on jitters over banks

TOKYO, Japan - A passerby looks at a stocks price quotation board at a brokerage house in Tokyo's Ginza district on Nov. 18 during the afternoon trading session when the key Nikkei index briefly fell below 8,300 for the first time in about six weeks on an intraday basis. (Kyodo)

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Nikkei closes above 19,000 for first time in 28 months

TOKYO, Japan - The key Nikkei index closed above 19,000 for the first time in more than 28 months on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) on this year's opening session Jan. 4. The Nikkei 225 index gained 68.52 points to 19,002.86. As is customary on the first and last trading sessions of the year, the TSE was open only for the morning session. The last time the Nikkei index closed above 19,000 was Aug. 21, 1997, when it reached 19,157.12.

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Tokyo stocks trading starts

The floor of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) is thronged for the opening of the year's first trading session Jan. 4. Shares on the Tokyo market opened sharply lower, with the 225-issue Nikkei average falling 327.94 points, or 2.37 percent, from Dec. 30 to 13,514.23 in the first 15 minutes of trading. Floor trading in Tokyo will disappear in April with the beginning of full-scale computerization.

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Dealers smile as Nikkei regains 15,000+

Dealers smile as share prices rise in Tuesday morning trading at the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Sept. 8. The benchmark 225-issue Nikkei index won 15,000 for the first time in two weeks. Stock prices jumped across the board, led by the upward trend in futures trading. The Nikkei index finished the morning session at 15,132.72, up 342.66 points from Monday. The index last traded above 15,000 on an intraday basis on Aug. 26. ==Kyodo