TSE Growth Market 250 Index futures on 24 August ended at 766 points, up 3 points from the previous day. After pushing higher in the morning, trading turned subdued. As sentiment toward domestic-demand stocks strengthened, buying resumed in the afternoon and prices remained firm.
TSE Growth Market 250 Index futures on 24 August ended at 766 points, up 3 points from the previous day, reaching an intraday high of 772 points and low of 757 points. Intraday trading volume was 1,610 contracts.
The rebound in the U.S. Dow Jones Industrial Average, along with favorable reception of some strong retail earnings and economic data, supported the market, which rose after the open. A factor viewed favorably as indicating easing tensions in the Middle East was the Iranian president's opposition to hardliners advocating continued fighting and call for an end to the war.
With earnings from U.S. semiconductor giant NVIDIA due on 26 August, semiconductor and AI-related stocks in the Prime Market came under selling pressure at times. However, buying came first in the Growth Market as sentiment toward domestic-demand stocks strengthened. Buying resumed in the afternoon, and prices remained firm.
Among the day's leading stocks, GO<581A> and Oncolys BioPharma<4588> rose.