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At 39,894.54, the benchmark index finished at its best year-end level ever, topping the previous high from the end of 1989 at the height of the country's bubble economy.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange marked its last trading day of the year with a ceremony on Monday. The benchmark Nikkei Stock Average ended the day at 39,894, a record high for a final-day close.

Nikkei 225 is an index which belongs to the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). The Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) calculates the index daily since 1950. The calculation of Nikkei 225 index began on ...