Japan’s Nikkei stock price ends with biggest gain after record loss the day before

Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock market posted its biggest one-day gain ever on Tuesday, after closing with a record loss the day before.

The main index rose 3,217.04 points, or 10.23 percent, from Monday to 34,675.46 points at the end of Tuesday’s session, far surpassing the previous record one-day rise of 2,676.55 points, set on Oct. 2, 1990.

After the Nikkei’s biggest drop of 4,451.28 points on Monday, investors on the Tokyo Stock Exchange rushed to buy back a large number of their own shares on Tuesday.