The Nikkei Stock Average jumped 3.5% on its first trading day after the four-day Golden Week break, climbing above the 14, 000 mark for the first time since June 2008.

WSJ: Nikkei Hits Fresh Multiyear High

The Nikkei Stock Average jumped 3.6% to 14180.24 on its first trading day after the four-day Golden Week break, climbing above the 14, 000 mark for the first time since June 2008.

WSJ: Nikkei Hits Fresh Multiyear High

Today in Tokyo, the last trading day before the Golden Week holiday, market participants chose to take money off the table.

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In Asian trading the Japanese stock market hit a five-year high on the first trading day after the Golden Week holiday break.

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The benchmark index rose 3.6% to 14, 180 on its first day of trading after the Golden Week holiday.

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Though Germany's DAX hit another record high, Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average was the standout, surging 3.6 percent to 14, 180.24 on its first day of trading following the Golden Week holiday that's the first time the Nikkei has breached the 14, 000 mark since June 2008.

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