At 11 a.m., the Nikkei was up ¥971.67 from the previous day at ¥65,397.62, with many stocks trading higher. Tokyo Electron was the top positive contributor to the Nikkei, adding about ¥91.
At 11 a.m., the Nikkei was trading at ¥65,397.62, up ¥971.67 from the previous day. On the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market, 1,285 stocks were advancing, 235 were declining and 26 were unchanged. Advancers accounted for more than 80% of all stocks.
Tokyo Electron was the top positive contributor to the Nikkei, lifting it by ¥91.02. It was followed by SoftBank Group at ¥66.34, Recruit at ¥65.74, BayCurrent at ¥50.57 and Ibiden at ¥49.76.
The top negative contributor was Nissan Chemical, which detracted ¥3.54. It was followed by Kyocera at ¥2.70, Olympus at ¥1.96, Takashimaya at ¥1.11 and JT at ¥0.78.
By industry, 31 of the 33 sectors rose, with electric power and gas and pulp and paper the only 2 sectors to decline. Other products recorded the highest percentage gain, followed by services, electric appliances, information and communications, pharmaceuticals and machinery.