From Yahoo Finance: 2024-04-26 05:40:36

Stocks in Asia rose following the Bank of Japan’s decision to keep interest rates steady and remove a reference to government bond purchases. The Nikkei climbed 0.8%, the Hang Seng surged 2.1%, and the Shanghai Composite was up 1.2%. The Japanese yen weakened to 156 per dollar. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones fell 1%, the S&P 500 dropped 0.5%, and the Nasdaq Composite shed 0.6%.



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