Tokyo stock exchange starts the first trading day of the year

Record ID: 945037

  • Title: Tokyo stock exchange starts the first trading day of the year
  • Date: 4th January 2018
  • Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (JANUARY 4, 2018) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE SIGN READING (Japanese): "TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE" CEREMONY IN PROGRESS JAPAN'S FINANCE MINISTER, TARO ASO, RINGING A BELL TO MARK THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR A WOMAN IN A TRADITIONAL JAPANESE KIMONO RINGING THE BELL GUESTS AT THE CEREMONY CLAPPING AND THE STOCK BOARD DISPLAY
  • Embargoed: 18th January 2018 01:44
  • Keywords: stock markets NIKKEI TOPIX first day of trade Japan Exchange Group Akira Kiyota
  • Location: TOKYO, JAPAN
  • City: TOKYO, JAPAN
  • Country: Japan
  • Topics: Economic Events,Equities Markets
  • Reuters ID: LVA0017WP43NX
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The Tokyo Stock Exchange began its first trading day of the year on Thursday (January 4) after a ceremony joined by Finance Minister Taro Aso and women in traditional Japanese kimonos.
    The Nikkei 225 stock market opened at 23,073.73 points, up more than 300 points since its closing last year.
    Akira Kiyota, the group chief executive officer of Japan Exchange Group, Inc., told guests at the ceremony that 2018 is the year of the dog according to the Chinese zodiac signs, and hence will bring good fortune to Japan's stock market.
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