Australia shares record high, Japanese yen

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Australia shares record high, ********* yen

A person walks past an electronic boards displaying stock prices of companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange along a street in Tokyo on March 4, 2024. 

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Japan stocks fell the most among ****** markets Thursday, while *********** stocks hit a record high, helped by a boost from mining shares.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.50%, while the broader Topix shed 1.69%.

The ********* yen was trading at 151.29 against the dollar after hitting 151.97 on Wednesday — its weakest level against the greenback in 34 years.

The multi-decade lows of the yen fueled market speculation of a potential government intervention to support the currency. Japan’s finance minister Shunichi Suzuki indicated earlier in the week that measures to “respond to disorderly FX moves” will not be ruled out.

In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 ended 0.99% higher at 7,896.90 after hitting an intraday record high of 7,901.20. The index was higher for a second straight day. Heavyweight miners rose including Rio Tinto up 0.7% and BHP Group up 1.4%.

China’s CSI 300 rose about 1%. It was

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may restart treasury bond buying, a monetary policy tool it has not used in more than two decades.

South Korea’s Kospi was down 0.2%. The smaller cap Kosdaq was flat.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index gained 1.67%, with the Hang Seng tech index up 3.6%.

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