The Nikkei index closed at its highest level in more than two weeks on Thursday, following a strong rally on Wall Street on Wednesday night, after the Federal Reserve (the US central bank) raised interest rates as expected, while boosting hopes of a breakthrough in the Russian conflict. Ukrainian morale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Nikkei index jumped 3.46 percent to 26,652.89 points, its highest closing level since March 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The broader Topix index rose 2.47 percent to 1,899.01 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And Wall Street’s main indices rose in the evening after the US central bank raised the interest rate for the first time since 2018, and announced a plan to further raise interest rates to combat inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The SoftBank investment group’s share jumped 5.89 percent, following the rise in the share of Alibaba, one of the group’s holdings, by about 40 percent in US trading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other leading shares, including Fast Retailing, owner of clothing store Uniqlo, rose 6.92 percent, and Tokyo Electron rose 4.86 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
East Japan Railways Corp. fell 1.81 percent after the railway operator suspended express train operations to Fukushima and other areas in the north. The suspension of operations came after a powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake rocked Japan’s northeastern coast off Fukushima on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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