About a month and a half after the Nikkei Stock Average hit an all-time high, expectations of a renewed advance are growing. Value stocks are attracting attention as potential leaders of the next phase of the market’s rise.
About a month and a half has passed since the Nikkei Stock Average hit an all-time high, and the market is expected to make another attempt at a record. Views are spreading that investors’ attention is gradually shifting toward value stocks.
In Tokyo stock trading on the 10th, the Nikkei Stock Average rose ¥1,363, or 2.1%, from the previous Friday to ¥66,970. Buying spread to stocks beyond the major AI and semiconductor-related names, and the TOPIX also approached its record high. At one point, gains were seen near the close.