The Istanbul Stock Exchange reached a record level in trading on Thursday, while the Nikkei index touched its highest level in 3 decades.

The Istanbul Stock Exchange index recorded a record at the opening of trading Thursday, after it rose by 9.62 points compared to the previous close, to reach 1515.04 points, after a 0.64% increase in transactions.

With the opening of trading Thursday, the banking sector indices recorded an increase of 1.17%, and the holding companies 0.65%.

The Istanbul Stock Exchange index closed trading Wednesday at 1,505.42 points.

For its part, Japanese stocks closed higher today, at a time when the Nikkei index reached a 30-year peak with the support of financial companies' shares, and US Treasury bond yields rose thanks to hopes of greater stimulus following a Democratic sweep in the two-seat Senate elections in Georgia.

The Nikkei index closed 1.60% higher at 27,490.13 points, reaching the highest level since August 1990 during the session, ending a 4-day losing streak.

The broader Topix index rose 1.68% to 1826.30 points, surpassing its peak late last year, its highest level since October 2018.

Investors' appetite was not affected by the chaos in the US capital after loyalists to outgoing President Donald Trump swept through Congress, forcing him to suspend a session to ratify the victory of President-elect Joe Biden.

An American stimulus package

Shares of Japanese banks and insurance companies - who are major investors in the US debt sector - received a boost after US bond yields rose strongly.

The share of Dai-ichi Life Holdings increased by 7.4%.

Among the banks, the share of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) gained 5.5%, while Mizuho added 3.3%, and Mitsubishi UFJ rose 3.5%.

And the rest of the stocks related to the economic cycle and value also rose, thanks to hopes for a stimulus package from the next administration under Biden.

Shares of steel makers rose 5.2%.

A Democratic victory in the Senate renewed appetite for shares of renewable energy companies, and Renova jumped 10.6% to a record high.

On the other hand, SoftBank Group shares fell 1.6% after news that the Trump administration is considering adding Alibaba Group Holding Group to a commercial blacklist of Chinese companies.

Softbank is the largest shareholder in the Chinese e-commerce giant.