Thursday, June 16, 2022 – 12:48 PM
ABU DHABI, June 16 / WAM / The Japanese Nikkei index rose at the end of trading today, Thursday, on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, following a decline that continued for 4 consecutive sessions.
The Nikkei index rose 0.4%, equivalent to 105.04 points, to close at 26431.2 points.
The broader Topix index increased by 0.64%, or 11.88 points, to close at 1867.81 points.
The rise of Japanese indices comes in the wake of the US Federal Reserve’s announcement, yesterday evening, to raise interest rates by 75 basis points.
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