Points Monday: Monday and Points

points monday: The Topix, which covers all first-section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, closed 10.33 points, or 0.59 percent, higher at 1,747.20, a level unseen since Oct. 10, 2018, according to The Japan Times. It lost 3.11 points Monday. On Monday, the key market gauge dropped 70.75 points. Stocks shot up at the opening bell on hefty purchases spurred by all three major U.S. market gauges the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Nasdaq composite index and the S&P 500 rewriting their all-time closing highs Monday, brokers said. Investors returned to the buy side in the afternoon, taking heart from an easier yen against the dollar and brisk performance of Shanghai and Hong Kong stocks, brokers said. But the market quickly lost steam and struggled for direction for the rest of the morning session. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.