The Nikkei Stock Average rose for a fourth consecutive session on the 24th. It opened at ¥65,476.44 with buying leading the market, but the upside became more limited toward the close.
The Nikkei Average closed at ¥65,513.99, up ¥495.04 from the previous day. It opened at ¥65,476.44, and buying broadened during the day, briefly lifting the index into the ¥66,000 range. However, once buying subsided amid renewed expectations of additional US rate hikes and rising domestic interest rates, the upside was capped.
By sector, rubber products, precision instruments, and electric appliances rose, while services, electric power and gas, and insurance declined. Advancing Nikkei Average constituents accounted for approximately 43.3% of the total, while declining constituents accounted for approximately 53.9%.
Among individual stocks, Advantest, Ibiden, Tokyo Electron, TDK, SoftBank Group, FANUC, and Terumo rose. Recruit Holdings, Taiyo Yuden, ITOCHU, Toyota Motor, and Daiichi Sankyo declined. Trading volume on the TSE Prime Market was approximately 2.493 billion shares, and trading value was approximately ¥9.2038 trillion.