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Global Market: Japan shares rally as US debt buybacks ease bond market concerns

Markets-Economic Times · 1h ago · 🇮🇳 India
Global Market: Japan shares rally as US debt buybacks ease bond market concerns

Japan’s Nikkei rose 1% to 65,982.49 as falling global bond yields improved investor sentiment and revived risk appetite. U.S. Treasury plans to double long-duration debt buybacks helped ease borrowing-cost pressures. Gains broadened beyond AI and semiconductor stocks, led by Sumitomo Metal Mining, Sumitomo Pharma and Kansai Electric Power, while technology-related shares declined.

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