Markets
Japan’s Nikkei joins Wall Street in uncharted territory as it hits record highs
The new record moved past the index’s previous 1989 peak
Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average reached a record high, pushing past a 35-year-old peak.
The blue-chip gauge surged 2.2 per cent to close at 39,098.68, above its past peak formed in 1989, on the back of a rally in technology shares such as Screen Holdings and chipmaking gear producer Tokyo Electron after robust earnings from Nvidia.
In doing so, the index joined Wall Street stocks in pushing into uncharted territory.
Global funds are pouring into ...