TSE's closing ceremony wishes for brisk 2012
People who work at the Tokyo Stock Exchange wished for more robust trading in 2012 during a ceremony to mark the end of the last session of this year.
Two members of Japan's world-cup winning women's soccer team, the coach and a player, joined traders Friday in a hand-clapping ritual. The tradition is meant to help usher in a prosperous New Year.
Tokyo Stock Exchange President Atsushi Saito told the gathering the soccer team's win provided excitement in a difficult year marked by the March 11th disaster in Japan and the debt crisis in Europe.
Saito said he hopes the market will overcome its difficulties and that there will be brisk trading next year.
Over the course of 2011, the benchmark Nikkei index of 225 selected issues lost more than 1,900 points, or about 18 percent.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange finished the last trading day of the year at its lowest year-end closing level since 1982.
Friday, December 30, 2011 22:27 +0900 (JST)
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Friday, December 30, 2011
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