At the afternoon open in the Tokyo market, the Nikkei Average's gains slowed from the upper end of its range, with futures selling weighing on the market. A basket trade worth approximately ¥300 million by large investors was executed in afternoon trading.
At the afternoon open in the Tokyo market on the 10th, the Nikkei Average was trading around ¥60,000, up approximately ¥1,100 from the previous day, and briefly fell below ¥60,000. Buying came into AI- and semiconductor-related stocks, while selling pressure in stock index futures, apparently from overseas short-term investors, intensified, narrowing the Nikkei Average's gains.
After the morning close, a basket trade worth approximately ¥300 million was executed off-auction on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, involving large domestic and overseas investors buying and selling multiple stocks as a group.
As of 12:45, trading value on the TSE Prime Market was estimated at ¥4.7751 trillion, while trading volume was 1.49527 billion shares.
Among individual stocks, Lasertec, Kyocera and Toyota Tsusho rose. Sony Group, Toyota and Terumo fell.