The Nikkei Stock Average ended sharply higher on 10 August, while trading volume and trading value on the TSE Prime Market declined from the previous day. Among individual stocks, the market's top gainer and some of its biggest decliners were identified.
The Nikkei Stock Average ended trading on 10 August at ¥66,970.22, up ¥1,363.51 from the previous day. Buying interest in AI-related and semiconductor stocks intensified, and the index was up more than ¥1,400 at one point in the morning.
The stocks making the largest positive contributions to the Nikkei were Advantest, Recruit Holdings, Tokyo Electron, Fujikura and Terumo, lifting the index. Those making the largest negative contributions were KDDI, SoftBank Group, Fast Retailing, Secom and Mitsui Mining & Smelting.
Trading volume on the TSE Prime Market was 2.548 billion shares and trading value was ¥9.190461 trillion, both down from the previous day. By sector, services and precision instruments advanced, while oil and coal products and banking declined.
Recruit Holdings was the top gainer among individual stocks, rising 22.79%, followed by Hirata Corporation and UT Group, which also posted strong gains. CyberAgent was the biggest decliner, falling 16.68%, followed by Mitsubishi Gas Chemical and Mitsui Mining & Smelting.