🇯🇵BREAKING: Japan's Nikkei has crossed 72,500 for the first time in history, setting a new all-time high today.

The index is up 1.8% on the day, adding over ¥25.74 trillion in market value, and has now gained more than 9% in a single week, its biggest weekly run since August 2024.
The Nikkei is up nearly 33% so far in 2026, driven by the global AI investment boom and a weak yen tailwind for Japanese exporters.
The US-Iran peace deal has been a direct accelerant, with falling oil prices cutting Japan's import bill and easing inflation pressure on an economy that runs almost entirely on imported energy.
An index that spent 34 years recovering from its 1989 bubble peak has now more than doubled since it finally reclaimed that level in February 2024.