The Nikkei Stock Average maintained its gains in the afternoon, trading around ¥530 above the previous day's close. Advantest, SoftBank Group and Fast Retailing were the top contributors.
Around noon on the 14th, the Nikkei Stock Average was trading around ¥68,310, up approximately ¥530 from the previous day. At 12:33 p.m., it briefly reached ¥68,341.29, up ¥563.77. The dollar-yen pair continued to trade around ¥158.30 to the dollar.
Advantest, SoftBank Group and Fast Retailing ranked among the top contributors in the Nikkei Average constituents. Olympus, Terumo and Kioxia were negative contributors.
As of 12:45 p.m., Prime Market trading volume had reached 10,302,960,000 shares, with trading value of ¥3.6921 trillion.
Provided by Wealth Advisor.