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Nikkei Reaches 30-Year High, Reports Say

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Nikkei Reaches 30-Year High, Reports Say

02:28 GMT 08.02.2021 (Updated: 13:55 GMT 19.12.2022)

© AP Photo / Eugene HoshikoA woman wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 and other Asian indexes at a securities firm in Tokyo Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.

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TOKYO (Sputnik) - The Tokyo stock exchange Nikkei index reached highs not seen since August 1990 at Monday opening, the Kyodo news agency reports.

In the first 15 minutes of Monday trading, the Nikkei Stock Average rose 339.93 points and was at 29,119.12.

The Tokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX) rose 22.96 points on Monday morning, up to 1,913.91.

At the end of December, the Nikkei index broke the August 1990 record, reaching 27,292.37 points.

In November, the Nikkei index, which reflects the stock market performance of the 225 leading Japanese companies, surpassed the 26,000-point threshold for the first time in almost 30 years, amid positive coronavirus vaccine developments.