2024-04-12 18:58:33
Tokyo‘s stock indexes rose marginally in the final trading day of the week, with investors wary of possible foreign exchange intervention to halt the yen‘s depreciation, Kyodo reported.
The leading Nikkei 225 index rose 80.92 points, or 0.21 percent, to 39,523.55.
The broader Topix index ended up 12.68 points, or 0.46 percent, at 2,759.64.
The dollar traded at 153.16-19 yen, compared with 153.24-34 yen in New York and 153.12-14 yen in Tokyo yesterday.
The euro traded at $1.0725-0729 and 164.26-36 yen versus $1.0721-0731 and 164.34-44 yen in New York and $1.0743-0744 and 164.50-54 yen in Tokyo .
Wall Street indexes rallied yesterday, with technology stocks leading the way as the latest economic data on U.S. manufacturing prices revived hopes that inflation is cooling, Reuters reported.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 2.43 points, or 0.01 percent, to 38,459.08.
The broader Standard & Poor’s 500 gained 38.42 points, or 0.74 percent, to 5,199.06.
The technological Nasdaq added 271.84 points or 1.68 percent to 16,442.20 points, BTA reported.