Nikkei Stock Average touches 38,000 after rising more than 1,100 points

Analysts offer mixed views as AI-related issues trigger Tuesday's big gain

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With investors convinced that an artificial intelligence boom is taking shape, the Nikkei Stock Average topped 38,000 at one point on Feb. 13. (Photo by Yuji Murakami)

MANAMI OGAWA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Artificial intelligence stocks led a Tokyo rally on Tuesday, with the Nikkei Stock Average rising to 38,010.69 points at one point, up 1,113.27 from last week's closing.

The average ended Tuesday trading at 37,963.97, up 1,066.55 points, or 2.89%, from Friday -- a 34-year high last reached in January of 1990, when Japan's bubble economy was beginning to show its first signs of trouble ahead. The 1,066-point, one-day jump was the largest in three years and 11 months, since March 25, 2020.

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