Stock prices continue to rise sharply
Favorable U.S. interest rate hike
December 17, 2015, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese stocks rally from a two-month low on the Tokyo Stock Exchange market on Thursday, December 17, 2015, after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced the first rate hike in nearly a decade. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average surged more than 400 points to well over the 19,4700.00 mark. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) AYF -mis-