“Pokemon Go” has officially taken over the stock market record books, with Nintendo shares soaring 71 percent last week — the company’s best ever.
Thanks to the “Pokemon GO” phenomenon, Nintendo traded 476 billion yen ($4.5 billion) in shares on Friday, the biggest one-day turnover for any company in Japan’s Topix index since last century, which also happens to be the last millennium.
The trading has been great for anyone selling.
Here’s the new rankings from the business publication, in graphic form:
Here’s Nintendo trading from the last month: