Trading on Tokyo Stock Exchange starts with growth

Trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on February 25 opened with growth against the backdrop of a fall recorded the day before, Report informs.

In the first 15 minutes of trading, Japan’s key Nikkei index, which reflects the stock prices of 225 leading companies in the country, rose by 1.05% to 26.244 points. On February 24, the Nikkei lost 1.81%. The exchange rate of the yen against the dollar since the beginning of currency trading on February 25 has weakened by 0.83% and is 115.57-115.58 yen per dollar.

On February 21, due to the start of a military operation in the Donbass, the Russian stock market experienced the largest collapse in 12 years: the Moscow Exchange index fell by 10.5%, dropping to 3,000 points.

It was down more than 14% at the low of the day. The last time such a collapse in the Russian market was recorded in November 2008. Indices of other major world stock exchanges - Istanbul, Vienna, Italian, German and French – also collapsed.