Tokyo stock indexes ended the first trading of the winter in mixed directions, stock market data for December 1 show.
Purchases of export-oriented stocks in the context of a weakened yen were offset by the caution of stock market players awaiting statements from US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 55.38 points, or 0.17%, to 33,431.51 from Thursday. But the second most important Japanese index, the Topix, rose 7.59 points (0.32%), to 2,382.52.
In the prime stock section of the stock market (Prime), the growth leaders were the values of wholesale trade, warehousing and port transportation companies, while the biggest decline was experienced by service companies and companies that produce precision instruments.
Growth leaders: Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (+5.34%), Seven & i Holdings (+5.31%) and Trend Micro Inc (+4.51%).
Top losers: Rakuten Inc (-4.39%), Taiyo Yuden (-3.63%) and CyberAgent Inc (-3.11%).
Among the most traded stocks in Japan for the eleventh day in a row, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp shares (146.39 million) are leading. Second place, also for the eleventh session, is reserved for the shares of the usual leader: the largest financial group in the country, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (61.39 million). The shares of the e-commerce company Rakuten (27.9 million), which today were among the leaders of the fall (-4.39%), immediately returned to third position in the top. Shares of automobile giant Toyota Motor (26.77 million) fell to the fourth line of the list, marking its fourteenth day in the top five (14th). The top five trading leaders, like the previous day, were closed by the values of the car manufacturer Nissan Motor (17.93 million), (18d).
The total trading volume of shares of the leaders of the Japanese market today fell and amounted to 280.38 million, which approximately corresponds to the average daily indicators of last November (279.92 million).
Source: Rossa Primavera
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