In August 2024, the Japanese stock market fell a lot because of bad news. But then, it recovered and went up a lot. This happened because there was good news about the service sector and jobs in Japan. Other countries in the Asia-Pacific region also saw their stock markets go up. Oil prices and U.S. stock market futures also increased. Read from source...
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Article's Main Points:
- Japan's stock market significantly recovered on Tuesday following a historic plunge, with other Asia-Pacific markets also showing signs of improvement.
- The recovery comes after the previous session, which saw the largest loss since the 1987 Black Monday crash.
- Japan's service-sector activity rebounded in July due to strong domestic demand, as revealed by a survey on Monday.
- The yen also weakened by over 1% against the U.S. dollar.
- Oil prices also saw an uptick, with Brent crude rising by 1.65% to $77.56 per barrel and U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude increasing by 1.86% to $74.30.
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