Nikkei Index Surpasses 30,000 Mark Reaching Record Highs, Reports Say

© 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.
A 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. - Sputnik International, 1920, 15.02.2021
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TOKYO (Sputnik) - The Tokyo stock exchange Nikkei index reached record highs at Monday opening, following Japan’s approval of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, the Kyodo news agency reports.

In the first 15 minutes of Monday trading, the Nikkei Stock Average rose 407.27 points and was at 29,927.34. It then went up to 30,006.46 thus rising 6 percent this month.

The Tokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX) rose 17.91 points on Monday morning, up to 1,951.79.

At the end of December, the Nikkei index broke the August 1990 record, reaching 27,292.37 points. Last Monday, Nikkei was at 29,119.12.

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

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