Tokyo Stock Exchange marks final trading day ahead of bourse shakeup

Economy

The Tokyo Stock Exchange marked Friday its final trading day ahead of its reorganization on Monday, as the bourse endeavors to lure more foreign investors in its first major shakeup in over 60 years. Japan's main bourse has seen the number of companies listed on the First Section more than quadruple from 495 to 2,177 since 1949 when it reopened under its present name after World War II. The current market structure came into being in 1961 with the creation of the Second Section. Beginning Monday, bourse operator Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. will see the current four trading sections split into th...

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