{"id":49228,"date":"2021-08-10T12:31:11","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T08:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/?p=49228"},"modified":"2021-08-10T12:31:12","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T08:31:12","slug":"japanese-stocks-close-higher-thanks-to-corporate-results-and-persistent-delta-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/japanese-stocks-close-higher-thanks-to-corporate-results-and-persistent-delta-concerns\/08\/10\/market-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Stocks Close Higher Thanks to Corporate Results And Persistent Delta Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Japanese stocks closed higher as corporate results continued to have a positive effect, but gains were limited by fears of a fast-spreading delta strain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nikkei index closed up 0.24% at 27,888.15 points, after hitting a mid-July peak of 28,128.61 points earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The broader Topix index rose 0.36% to 1936.28 points, but below the session&#8217;s peak of 1950.63 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;After the Nikkei hit 28,100, it looks like there was a profit run,&#8221; said a market trader from an asset management company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There are still concerns about the delta strain, so it&#8217;s likely to stem the sudden upswing.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan is battling the fifth wave of the Coronavirus, and recorded 12,073 new infections across the country yesterday, after touching a record high two days ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese stocks closed higher as corporate results continued to have a positive effect, but gains were limited by fears of a fast-spreading delta strain. The Nikkei index closed up 0.24% at 27,888.15 points, after hitting a mid-July peak of 28,128.61 points earlier. The broader Topix index rose 0.36% to 1936.28 points, but below the session&#8217;s &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":37445,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,36],"tags":[6939],"class_list":["post-49228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-forex-markets","category-market-updates","tag-japan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49229,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49228\/revisions\/49229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}