Nikkei 225 Index Hits All-Time High of Over 63,000 Points for First Time
Today, major stock indices in Asia-Pacific collectively strengthened. The South Korean Kospi index broke through the 7,500-point mark for the first time during the trading session, but then it surged and fell back into a decline. In the previous trading day, the index closed up by 6.45%, standing above 7,300 points for the first time, ending at 7,384.56 points.
Japan's stock market was closed yesterday, but it performed strongly after the opening today, with the intraday gain expanding to 6%, first breaking through the 63,000-point mark. The heavyweight SoftBank Group's share price increased by more than 13%. The Tokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX) soared by 2.37%. The MSCI Pacific Region Index jumped by more than 2%.
Regarding the Chinese Hong Kong shares, the Hang Seng Index opened up by 1.21%, and the Hang Seng Technology Index increased by 2.41%, with technology stocks leading the way, where Kuaishou's price rose by more than 5%, and Baidu, Tencent Music's share prices both rose by more than 4%.
The three major indices of China A-shares also opened up in sync, with the Shanghai Composite Index up by 0.2%, the Shenzhen Component Index up by 0.53%, and the ChiNext Index up by 0.79%. Fiber optic concept stocks were repeatedly active, with Tongding Interconnection's stock price hitting the daily limit, while stocks such as Tiefa Information, Tai Chen Guang, Feikai Materials, Luobot Ke, and Changfeng Optical Fiber opened up by more than 5%.
In terms of news, Nvidia announced the establishment of a long-term strategic partnership with Corning. According to the cooperation plan, Corning will build three new factories in the United States, which will increase U.S. optical connection capacity 10 times and fiber optic production by more than 50%. Market analysis believes that this cooperation is expected to further promote the expansion of the global optical communication industry chain, and related upstream enterprises will likely benefit.
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