S&P 500 — US Large Cap Index
FTSE 100 — UK Blue Chips
Euro Stoxx 50 — Eurozone Leaders
DAX 40 — German Equities
CAC 40 — French Market Index
Nikkei 225 — Japan Benchmark
Hang Seng — Hong Kong Index
Shanghai Composite — China Mainland
ASX 200 — Australian Market
TSX Composite — Canada Index
Nifty 50 — India Large Cap
STI Index — Singapore Market
KOSPI — South Korea Index
Bovespa — Brazil Equities
JSE Top 40 — South Africa Index
IPC Index — Mexico MarketThe Nikkei 225 Index rose 0.43% to close at 51,282, while the broader Topix Index gained 0.67% to 3,382 on Thursday, with the latter hitting fresh record highs after President Donald Trump signed a bill ending the longest US government shutdown in history. Optimism that the Federal Reserve will cut rates further amid signs of US labor market weakness also lifted global sentiment. In Japan, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi urged the Bank of Japan to keep interest rates low. Major gainers included Fujikura (+3.1%), Advantest (+4.2%), Mitsubishi UFJ (+2.1%), Tokyo Electric Power (+6.2%), and Furukawa Electric (+12.2%). Toyota Motor edged up 0.3% after announcing plans to invest up to $10 billion in the US over the next five years to strengthen its operations. Meanwhile, SoftBank Group fell 3.4%, extending a roughly 25% slide from record highs amid deepening losses in its technology and AI-related holdings.
