Topix index

China’s CSI 300 Index officially entered a bull market on Monday, before closing for a week-long public holiday.

Drugmakers have gained 10% since the start of July through last week, leading advances among 33 sectors in Topix index.

This is the longest such streak since the beginning of January 2023.

The Fed did “meaningful” inter-meeting cuts in 2020 during the outbreak of Covid-19, notes one analyst.

Japan’s Topix index swung between gains and losses as banks provided support on an increase in long-term bond yields.

Japanese bond yields tumble most since 1999, hurting banks. Meanwhile Topix index erases a year of gains, and enters bear market.

Still, many foreign investors remain bullish on Japanese stocks

TOKYO (April 17): Japanese stocks have been battered so badly that they’re too cheap to ignore, says the US$165 billion ($230.3 billion) investor Pictet Asset Management Ltd., after the Topix index tumbled to its fifth straight weekly loss.

TOKYO (Nov 21): The global stock market’s biggest comeback story of 2016 isn’t over yet. So say Citigroup Inc., AllianceBernstein and Bordier & Cie, who all see further gains for Japanese shares after the Nikkei 225 Stock Average climbed more than 20%

SYDNEY / TOKYO (May 23): Asia’s benchmark stock index swung between gains and losses as Japanese shares fell as the yen advanced, offsetting gains in Chinese and Taiwanese shares.