The Nikkei Stock Average was up approximately ¥420 in the afternoon, with buying dominant in the afternoon session. Advantest, Recruit Holdings and Taiyo Yuden were among the top contributors.
In afternoon trading, the Nikkei Stock Average was up approximately ¥420 from the previous day and traded around ¥66,550. Buying gained the upper hand as the afternoon session began, and the index opened trading with a widening gain. At around 12:30 p.m., it had risen as high as ¥66,842.82. Thereafter, the market also showed signs of struggling to move higher. The yen was little changed at around ¥160 to the U.S. dollar.
Advantest, Recruit Holdings and Taiyo Yuden were among the top positive contributors to the Nikkei Average. Kioxia, Fast Retailing and Fujikura were among the negative contributors, with the breakdown of the contributions reported.
As of 12:45 p.m., trading volume on the Prime Market was approximately 966.49 million shares, while turnover was approximately ¥3.8477 trillion. These figures were reported as indicators of market trading activity.
The day's report focused on the afternoon session's movements, the status of the contributing stocks, and trading volume and turnover in the market. The information was reported by multiple sources.