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時間Fri Feb 23 06:57:13 2007
Japan, S. Korea Indexes End on High Note
Wave of Optimism About Japan Economy Sends Stock Index to First Close Above
18,000 in 7 Years
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070222/world_markets.html?.v=5
TOKYO (AP) -- A wave of optimism about Japan's economy sent Tokyo's Nikkei
2225 stock index to its first close above 18,000 in seven years on Thursday.
Stock indexes in South Korea and Australia also reached record highs.
The catalyst was the decision a day earlier by Japan's central bank to raise
interest rates, signaling its confidence that the nation's long-suffering
economy is more securely on an upswing.
Further good news came Thursday when the Finance Ministry announced Japan had
posted a 4.4 billion yen, or $36.4 million, trade surplus with the rest of
the world in January, rebounding from a massive deficit a year earlier on
increased automobile and electronic component exports.
The Nikkei index surged 195.58 points, or 1.09 percent, to 18,108.79, its
highest close since May 8, 2000. The upbeat mood spilled over to markets
including Seoul, where the Korea Composite Stock Price Index jumped 14.03
points, or 1 percent, to 1,465.41, and Sydney, where Australia's benchmark
S&P/ASX200 index surged 65.3 points, or 1.1 percent to 6,017.1.
Stocks rose in other Asian markets, and European markets also advanced
Thursday amid a general sense that the world's economies are withstanding the
effects of soaring energy prices, and in countries including the United
States, a slowdown in housing.
"Technically, the Japanese market is now looking quite exciting reaching
these new highs. this is one of those markets that hasn't been making highs
for some time," said Juliet Cohn, managing director and a portfolio manager
for an international fund at Principal Global Investors Ltd. in London.
"On balance, companies are surprisingly positive and that's clearly lifting
markets higher," she said.
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