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Tokyo stocks rise after Democrats retake both chambers of US Congress
Tokyo stocks opened higher on Thursday after US markets rose following Tuesday’s midterm elections.
Democrats retook control of both chambers of Congress, and President Donald Trump accepted the results.
The gains in Tokyo followed a surge in the US Dow Jones index.
In the first 15 minutes of trading, the Nikkei 225 was up 0.53% and the broader Topix was up 2.22%.
Transportation equipment, real estate and rubber product shares led gains on Tokyo’s top-tier market.
The yen was quoted at about 158 to the US dollar, while the euro was worth just under 178 yen.
Tokyo stocks opened higher on Thursday after the US midterm elections.
The rise followed a surge in the Dow Jones index after Democrats retook control of both chambers of Congress.
The Nikkei Stock Average was up 330.12 points, or 0.53 percent, at 62,518.75 in the first 15 minutes of trading, according to Mainichi.
ANSA reported the Nikkei up 0.28 percent at 62,364.95 at the opening.
The yen strengthened against the dollar and traded just below 178 yen per euro, ANSA reported.
- Who
- Tokyo stock market investors and traders.
- What
- Tokyo stocks opened higher after the US midterm election result.
- When
- Thursday, November 5, 2026.
- Where
- Tokyo, Japan.
- Why
- The rise followed a surge in the US Dow Jones index after Democrats retook control of both chambers of Congress.
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Democrats retook control of both chambers of Congress in the US midterm elections, according to Mainichi.
Tokyo stocks opened higher.
- Nikkei in first 15 minutes
- 62,518.75, up 330.12 points or 0.53 percent
- Nikkei at opening, ANSA
- 62,364.95, up 176 points or 0.28 percent
- Topix in first 15 minutes
- 3,981.78, up 86.40 points or 2.22 percent
- US dollar at 9 a.m.
- 158.36-38 yen
- Euro at 9 a.m.
- $1.1233-1236 and 177.91-93 yen