Tokyo: Stocks end down, but Nikkei up nearly 5% in 2021

[TOKYO] Tokyo stocks edged down Thursday (Dec 30), the last trading day of 2021, but over the year the benchmark Nikkei index rose nearly 5 per cent to its highest annual close since the 1989 boom.

On Thursday the Nikkei 225 index fell 0.4 per cent, or 115.17 points, to close at 28,791.71, while the broader Topix index slipped 0.33 per cent, or 6.66 points, to 1,992.33.

AFP