Tokyo stock indexes closed June trading slightly higher, data showed on June 28.
The weaker yen boosted some export stocks, including Toyota Motor and Honda Motor.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 241.54 points, or 0.61 percent, to 39,583.08. Japan’s second-biggest index, the Topix, closed up 15.93 points, or 0.57 percent, to 2,809.63 from Thursday, updating its highest level since March 22.
In the prime stock market section, the growth leaders were securities of insurance companies, banks and securities trading companies.
Growth leaders: Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma (+8.00%), Ebara Corp (+7.32%) and IHI Corp (+5.91%).
Top losers: Hino Motors (-5.43%), Shiseido (-4.95%) and Sharp (-4.76%).
Among the most actively traded stocks in Japan, the lead for the 51st consecutive trading day was occupied by shares of Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp, (243.81 million), (246th consecutive session in the top 5). Shares of the country’s leading financial group, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (123.47 million), returned to second place, having sold more than 100 million shares in one day for the first time since May 17. Third place was occupied by shares of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (44.85 million) (14d). E-commerce company Rakuten (32.74 million) (1d) returned to fourth place. Rounding out the top five trading leaders, as on the previous day, were shares of Japan’s largest energy company, Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), (26.98 million), (2d).
The total trading volume of shares of the Japanese market leaders increased again to reach 471.85 million, exceeding the daily average for May (412.2 million).
Source: Rossa Primavera
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