The Tokyo Stock Exchange rose during Tuesday’s trading. The picture was taken on August 22.
In Tokyo, both the Nikkei 225 index and the broader Topix index were up 0.7 percent each around lunchtime.
There are also happy faces in Hong Kong, where the Hang Seng Index had risen by 0.4.
In Shanghai, the composite index hovered around zero, while Shenzhen’s composite index retreated by 0.8.