Tokyo stock indexes rose, April 26 stock data shows.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 306.28 points (0.81%) to 37,934.76. Japan’s second-largest Topix index closed up 22.95 points, or 0.86%, at 2,686.48.
The Nikkei index briefly rose nearly 500 points in trading as Japan’s central bank hinted that loose monetary conditions would likely continue for now, bringing a sense of relief to the stock market.
In the prime stock section of the exchange (Prime), the growth leaders were shipping, real estate and pharmaceutical stocks.
Growth leaders: Keyence (+7.79%), CyberAgent Inc (+5.38%) and T&D Holdings, Inc. (+5.35%).
Top losers: JTEKT Corp (-9.16%), Shin-Etsu Chemical (-6.37%) and NTN Corp (-2.88%).
Semiconductor-related stocks were bought after falling the previous day, while those in the financial sector rose after the Japanese government raised the prospect of higher profits.
The yield on Japan’s benchmark 10-year government bond rose 0.040 percentage points at one point from around 0.930 percent on Thursday, its highest level since November.
Among the most traded stocks in Japan, the lead for the ninth day is held by the shares of Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp (183.74 million), (204th day of trading among the top five). In second place, on the fourth day, are the shares of Japan’s largest energy company: Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) (61.13 million), (51d). The securities of the country’s largest financial group, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (54.12 million), which came out yesterday for the first time in 5 years, returned to third position. Shares of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (29.09 million) (22d) rose to fourth place. The top five trading leaders were closed by the securities of the automobile giant Toyota Motor (25.6 million), which returned to the top five after 12 trading sessions.
The total trading volume of shares of the Japanese market leaders increased today to 353.68 million, which corresponds approximately to the daily average for March (368.99 million).
Source: Rossa Primavera
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