The Nikkei 225 opened ¥379.43 higher at ¥62,569.08, rebounding for the first time in four sessions. Gains in U.S. equities and moves in AI-related stocks supported the Tokyo market, with buying remaining dominant after the open.
The Nikkei 225 opened ¥379.43 higher at ¥62,569.08 in the Tokyo stock market on the 27th, rebounding for the first time in four sessions. Gains in the Dow and the Nasdaq's continued strength in the previous day's U.S. stock market provided support, and buying led the market at the open. The announcement by AI development startup Anthropic that it had made its IPO filings public with the SEC also supported the market and encouraged a rebound in technology stocks.
The movements of major stocks on the TSE Prime Market were as follows. IBIDEN rose to ¥9,080, up ¥832; SUMCO to ¥2,406.5, up ¥141.5; Advantest to ¥33,820, up ¥2,750; Kioxia Holdings to ¥12,890, up ¥340; and KOKUSAI to ¥6,964, up ¥435. These stocks drove the market's advance.
By sector, nonferrous metals, banking and machinery ranked among the top gainers, while pharmaceuticals, land transportation, retail, and electric power and gas ranked among the top decliners. Overseas factors such as oil prices and movements in U.S. long-term interest rates were having an impact, while the season for full-scale announcements of domestic companies' first-half results was approaching, prompting observations that interest in stocks with strong earnings would increase.