From Nasdaq MarketSite:

The Japanese stock market is surging in post-holiday trade, with the Nikkei 225 up 0.65% at 39,351.97 after hitting a new record high. SoftBank Group and Fast Retailing are gaining, while tech stocks like Screen Holdings are falling. In the banking sector, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial are up. Major exporters like Canon and Mitsubishi Electric are mostly higher. Among other gainers, Sumco and Marubeni are surging. On Wall Street, stocks reached new record highs with the Dow rising 0.2% and the S&P 500 inching up. In Europe, markets moved higher, while crude oil futures settled lower at $76.49 a barrel.



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