Value-led high-tech stocks lead
The Nikkei Stock Average rebounded sharply.
In the U.S. stock market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose to a record high for the second day in a row, and the Nasdaq Composite also extended its gains, providing an early buy signal this morning.
By 10:00 a.m., it was at 30,485 yen, up 570 yen from the previous day’s close, marking today’s high.
Support came from higher-than-usual trading in index futures and a rebound in the Shanghai Composite Index, keeping the market on a firm footing.
Tech high-priced shares led the way.
The Mothers Index extended its gains for a third straight session at the morning session.
Mid-cap and small-cap issues were also in demand.
Nikkei Average: 30,402.46 +488.13 +1.63% (morning rebound after two days of declines)
25-day moving average deviation: +2.53%
Dow Jones CFD: 33,133 +118 +0.36%
WTI Crude Oil, near month: 64.28 -0.71%
Shanghai Composite: 3,468.61 +23.87 +0.66%
Hong Kong Hang Seng Index: 29,478.25 +443.63 +1.54%
SQ Index: 29,282 yen 41 sen (March 12) 26,713 yen 47 sen (December Major SQ)
TOPIX: 2,006.83 +22.80 +1.15% (eight days of gains)
Foreign exchange: 1 USD = 109.080 JPY, 1 EUR = 130.550 JPY
TSE Mothers: 1,254.02 +21.36 +1.73% (three days of gains)
Nikkei JASDAQ Average: 3,921.76 +21.98 +0.56% (ten days of gains)
TSE Second Section Index: 7,573.02 +38.32 +0.51% (eight days of gains)
TSE First Section trading volume was 718.5 million shares, with a trading value of 1,561.4 billion yen.
TSE First Section advancing issues: 1,187 (54%), declining: 902 (41%), unchanged: 106 (4%)
Industry-by-industry, 30 sectors rose and 3 sectors fell.
Top gainers included Securities, Commodity Futures, Services, Other Products, Electrical Equipment, Rubber Products, Metal Products, Machinery, Transportation Equipment, …
Top decliners included Transportation, Electric Utilities, Warehousing and Logistics-related sectors.
Top gainers in the First Section: Wakamoto Pharmaceutical <4512> [Currently 554 yen, +80 yen] Enigmo <3665> [Currently 1,460 yen, +202 yen]
Celes <3696> [Currently 5,110 yen, +700 yen] Naigai <8013> [Currently 379 yen, +170 yen]
Top decliners: Maruun <9067> [Currently 312 yen, -41 yen] JAG <3751> [Currently 940 yen, -87 yen]
Meiji Shipping <9115> [Currently 540 yen, -42 yen] FPIC <7947> [Currently 4,650 yen, -185 yen]
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