Japanese stocks rise on Abe's landslide election victory

Gains for yen and Nikkei 225

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Photo: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff/Flickr/Creative Commons CC BY 2.0
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Photo: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff/Flickr/Creative Commons CC BY 2.0
  • LinkedIn  
  • Share on Whatsapp
0 Comments

Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has won a large majority in Japan's House of Representatives (HoR) in Sunday's general election, bolstering Japanese equities on the prospect of more economic stimulus.

The result is expected to deliver little change in Abe's economic policy, but should ease the way for a mixture of monetary easing, fiscal stimulus and structural reform. Japan's upcoming election -...

To continue reading...

More on Markets