The Nikkei Average rose sharply by ¥850.21 from the previous day to ¥66,364.20 in the afternoon session on the 25th, extending its gains for a fifth straight session. Buying prevailed during trading on expectations of wider net interest margins, particularly for bank stocks.
The Nikkei Average remained firm in the afternoon session, reaching ¥66,410.27 at 2:45 p.m., while trading continued near the day's high toward the close. The index was up more than ¥850 from the previous day, while TOPIX also rebounded by more than 100 points, with buying continuing to prevail across the market.
Trading volume on the TSE Prime Market was 2,149,200,000 shares, and trading value was ¥7.8008 trillion, indicating increased trading activity.
By sector, 31 of the 33 sectors rose and 2 fell. Bank stocks and securities and commodity futures stocks surged, while other financial stocks such as ORIX and JPX, as well as electrical equipment stocks, also remained at high levels. Information and communications stocks and construction stocks were relatively weak.
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, Tomen Devices, Furuya Metal, Hosokawa Micron and 3３ＦＧ rose. In contrast, Seikagaku, Insource, Chemcon, Shimizu Corporation and Dear Life were among those that fell.