Around mid-morning on the 26th, the Nikkei 225 was moving around the previous Friday's close in the Tokyo equity market. With relatively choppy trading continuing around ¥62,400 as of 10 a.m., intermittent buying of Nikkei 225 futures, apparently by overseas speculators, briefly expanded the gain to around ¥200.
Around mid-morning on the 26th, the Nikkei 225 was moving around the previous Friday's close in the Tokyo equity market and showed an unstable price movement near ¥62,400 as of 10 a.m. While concerns about excessive investment in AI and semiconductor-related businesses persisted, some buying emerged to target an autonomous rebound on expectations of further gains, resulting in mixed trading.
As of 10 a.m., estimated trading value on the TSE Prime market was ¥2.051 trillion and trading volume was approximately 65.63 million shares. Some high-priced stocks were generally soft, while oil-related and trading company stocks remained firm against the backdrop of higher crude oil prices.
AI semiconductor stocks such as Advantest and Tokyo Electron were generally lackluster, weighing on the Nikkei 225. By contrast, Toyota Tsusho, Mitsubishi Corp. and Taiyo Yuden attracted buying at times, helping support the market.
FANUC, which raised its earnings outlook for the fiscal year ending March 2027 on the 23rd, was bought at times, and the company's share price was cited as a factor supporting the Nikkei 225.