he proportion of students in Wales achieving the top grade at A-level has risen again and is at its highest since being brought in five years ago.
A total of 7.3% of students got A* grades - up from 6.7% but still short of the UK average of 8.2%.
But the overall pass rate fell from 97.5% to 97.3% and Wales is lower than Northern Ireland, England and any of its regions.
More pupils took Spanish and computing; fewer took Welsh as a second language.
Education Minister Huw Lewis said it was "another strong performance in Wales".
He added: "This shows a real and growing trend for improvement amongst our most able learners."
As thousands of pupils received their results, it is now possible to compare Welsh performance with English regions and Northern Ireland for different grades.
And although pupils here still lag behind England as a whole, Wales marginally out performs comparable regions such as northern England and the Midlands.
Scotland has its own exams system.
Here are the highlights:
Only Wales and London saw a drop in the overall pass rate - grades A* to E
Students achieving A* rose for a second successive year but Wales is "mid table" - higher than the North East and North West of England, Yorkshire and Humberside and the East and West Midlands
At A*, the performance of boys was better than that of girls, with 7.8% of boys and 6.9% of girls gaining A*
But apart from at the highest grade, girls continued to outperform boys in Wales, with 97.9% of girls gaining A*- E grades, compared to 96.6% of entries by boys.
In 2014, 23.3% of pupils achieved an A*-A grade. This year the figure was slightly down to 23.1%
At AS level - the A to C pass rate was 57.5%
This year, the core element of the Welsh Bacc was also be graded for the first time, from A* to C following concerns about the usefulness of the old pass, fail or distinction system.
These results showed 12% got A*, 29.3% A and 30.3% B. Grade C: 20.4%. Not achieved - 7.8%.
Although the Bacc is now graded, pupils still only receive 120 Ucas points for passing the course regardless of their grade.
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