Nikkei hits 30-year high on expanded US stimulus hopes
The bourse share average rose 2.66% to its highest closing level since August 16 1990
29 December 2020 - 11:43
Tokyo — Japan’s Nikkei share average ended at a more than three-decade high on Tuesday, as risk appetite improved on hopes that a long-awaited US pandemic relief package would be expanded.
The benchmark Nikkei share average rose 2.66% to 27,568.15, its highest closing level since August 16 1990, while also posting its biggest daily gain since mid-June...
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