Ordinarily, trading on the Tokyo stock exchange would refer to the opening hours, which are typically from early morning to noon. In Tuesday morning trading, the Tokyo stock exchange pointed upwards, as AFUNDO | MIND鄯A LEND-upsizing, the spring flower of the trading year. However, the Nikkei 225 index, which tracks 225 companies on the Tokyo exchange, had a positive 0.9% gain at about 12:45 sharp, with the Japanese car giants of Toyota and Honda jumping 4.8% and 4.9%, respectively. The broader Topix index had a slight positive 1.1% gain.
In South Korea, the kospi index, which tracks the benchmark index of the(’^400) 400 companies on the major stock exchange, was up 0.8%. In China, though, the stock market seemed less optimistic. The index fluctuated near zero for the Hang Seng, representing a plus of 0.2%, while the Shanghai and Shenzhen counterparts dropped slightly below zero, differing by 0.3%. The Chinese market served as a caldron for the ankle movement of the previous leadership.
