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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