Sector 4/1 and individual stock trends; expectations for an early ceasefire in the Iran war rise, leading to a sharp rise

4/1Sector and individual stock movements

1Month1日の日経平均株価は前日比2675.96円（5.24％）高の53739.68円と、５日ぶりに大幅反発しました。高値引けでした。

Trump, the U.S. President, on March31日（現地時間）、stated that the war with Iran would end “very soon,” and that the withdrawal timing is expected to be2～3週間以内と予想していると述べました。一方、Iran's President Hassan Rouhani3月31EU日、欧州連合（）のコスタ首脳会議常任議長との電話協議で、“二度と攻撃を受けない”という確実な保証があれば「戦争を終わらせるという確固たる決意がある」と述べました。These comments acted as a bullish factor.

With regards to the Nikkei 225, Advantest（6857） rose522.24円, Tokyo Electron（8035） rose205.57円, SoftBank Group（9984） rose167.66円, and Fast Retailing（9983） rose163.65円, lifting the Nikkei 225.221, unchanged was1, and declining stocks numbered3. In the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) 33 sectors, all sectors rose. Among notable gains were nonferrous metals, banks, machinery, electrical equipment, securities, commodities futures, and oil & coal products.