NTT Shares Hit Their Highest Price in Over Two Years
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NTT is a big phone and internet company in Japan.
This week, the price of NTT shares went up a lot.
It reached its highest price in about two years and three months.
Many people think this happened because of AI stocks.
Some investors sold AI stocks and bought NTT shares instead.
Investors also liked NTT because it pays good dividends.
A dividend is money a company gives to people who own its shares.
A big Japanese securities firm also gave good news about NTT.
The firm said NTT shares are a strong buy.
It raised its target price for NTT shares to 194 yen.
A target price is the price a firm thinks a stock can reach.
This good news made more people want to buy NTT shares.
Vocabulary15 words
- shares
- small parts of a company that people can buy
- AI
- computer systems that can think and learn like people
- investors
- people who put money into companies to make more money
- dividends
- money a company pays to people who own its shares
- securities firm
- a company that helps people buy and sell shares
- target price
- the price a firm thinks a share will reach
- rating
- a firm's opinion about how good a share is to buy
- strong
- here, very positive or good
- yield
- the money you get back from an investment, shown as a percent
- raised
- made higher
- telecom
- a company that gives phone and internet service
- reached
- got to a certain point
- highest
- the biggest or most
- instead
- in place of something else
- good news
- information that makes people happy
Quiz
Answer key
1. It reached its highest price in about two years 2. They sold AI stocks and liked NTT's dividends 3. It raised the target price to 194 yen
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
NTT is a big phone and internet company in _____.
This week, the price of NTT _____ went up a lot.
It reached its highest price in about two years and _____ months.
Many people think this happened because of _____ stocks.
Some investors sold AI stocks and bought NTT shares _____.
Investors also liked NTT because it pays good _____.
A big Japanese _____ firm also gave good news about NTT.
The firm said NTT shares are a strong _____.
It raised its target price for NTT shares to _____ yen.
This good news made more people want to _____ NTT shares.