The Nikkei Average rose for the 3rd consecutive day in the morning session, closing at ¥64,662.11, up ¥525.86. Advancing issues significantly outnumbered declining issues.
In the Japanese stock market at the morning close on the 18th, the Nikkei Average rose for the 3rd consecutive day, ending at ¥64,662.11, up ¥525.86 from the previous day. On the TSE Prime market, there were 387 advancing issues, 1,112 declining issues and 49 unchanged issues, with declining issues significantly outnumbering advancing issues.
Advantest was the leading positive contributor to the Nikkei Average, pushing it up by ¥378.93, followed by Tokyo Electron at ¥138.78, SoftBank Group at ¥128.72, Ibiden at ¥51.62 and Kioxia at ¥48.81.
On the downside, the negative contribution totaled a ¥33.79 drag, with Fast Retailing the largest detractor, followed by KDDI, Recruit Holdings, Terumo and Konami Group.
By sector, 6 of the 33 sectors rose, led by nonferrous metals, electric appliances, metal products, and glass and ceramics products. The leading decliners were electric power and gas, fishery, agriculture and forestry, and rubber products.