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Markets · Sep 23, 2026 · 6 min read
Asia closed split on Wednesday around a thinning holiday map. South Korea's Kospi led the board, 0.90 percent higher at 7,080.92, a…
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Tokyo carried a board thinned to four open markets on Friday. The Nikkei 225 closed 1.30 percent higher at 66,364.20, per the network’s written closing line, with the Topix up 1.31 percent at 4,128.59, while Sydney slipped 0.43 percent and Hong Kong closed 1.01 percent lower, and Singapore’s Straits Times added 0.48 percent. Mainland China…
Tokyo came back from its three day holiday with the Nikkei 225 the board’s only riser. The index closed 0.76 percent higher at 65,513.99, per the network’s written closing line, on the day the Bank of Japan’s new rates took effect, while the broader Topix slipped 0.39 percent and every other market we track fell,…
Asia closed split on Wednesday around a thinning holiday map. South Korea’s Kospi led the board, 0.90 percent higher at 7,080.92, a fourth straight gain on our boards before the Chuseok break that shuts Seoul on Thursday and Friday, per the exchange’s holiday calendar, and Taiwan’s Taiex added 0.75 percent to 48,157.29, a second straight…