In the middle of the afternoon session on the 25th, the Nikkei 225 was trading in the upper range, in the high ¥66,300s. With the 28th set as the last trading day with rights to the interim dividend for the fiscal year ending March, dividend-seeking buying is spreading across a broad range of stocks.
In the Tokyo stock market in the middle of the afternoon session on the 25th, the Nikkei 225 was in the upper range, up about ¥846 from the previous day at levels in the high ¥66,300s. The TOPIX on the TSE Prime Market also moved higher in the afternoon, with individual high-priced AI and semiconductor-related stocks rising sharply and pushing up the Nikkei.
More than 70% of Prime Market stocks were seen rising at one point, as buying to secure dividend rights spread broadly. Against a backdrop of rising long-term interest rates in Japan and the United States, megabanks including Mitsubishi UFJ, Mizuho Financial Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group were firm, while regional bank stocks also showed strength.
Among individual stocks, Tokyo Electron, Advantest and Ibiden rose sharply, contributing nearly ¥500 to the Nikkei's gains. Nintendo, Ebara and Socionext, meanwhile, were lower. As of 2 p.m., trading value on the TSE Prime Market was approximately ¥5.1057 trillion, while trading volume was approximately 1.27262 billion shares.
Related stocks are shown in accordance with the notation used by Nikkei QUICK News (NQN), and dividend-seeking buying helped support the market as a whole.