Three megabanks all rose to new year-to-date highs
Nikkei 225 stock average rebounded sharply.
Supported by strong gains in U.S. stock markets, opening trades were led by buying from the outset.
At one point, up 570 yen from the previous day to 30,485 yen.
In the afternoon session, selling was dominant, and it briefly touched 30,041 yen, up 127 yen from the morning close, marking today's low.
Thereafter, as the dollar/yen exchange rate settled around 108.90 per dollar, the gains recovered.
All three megabanks reached fresh highs for the year.
TOPIX rose to a fresh year-to-date high.
The Mothers index continued to attract funds into the emerging market, extending its gains for a third day.
Nikkei Stock Average 30,216.75 +302.42 +1.01% (close; rebound for the first time in two days)
25-day moving average deviation +1.93%
Dow Jones CFD 33,070 +55 +0.17%
WTI Crude Oil Near Month 64.24 -1.67%
Shanghai Composite Index 3,454.47 +9.14 +0.27%
Hong Kong Hang Seng Index 29,464.25 +435.88 +1.50%
SQ value: 29,282.41 (March 12) 26,713.47 (December major SQ)
TOPIX 2,008.51 +24.48 +1.23% (eight sessions of gains)
FX: 1 USD = 108.880 JPY; 1 EUR = 130.315 JPY
TSE Mothers 1,249.53 +16.87 +1.37% (three days of gains)
Nikkei JASDAQ Average 3,925.49 +25.71 +0.66% (ten consecutive sessions of gains)
TSE 2nd Section Index 7,574.85 +40.15 +0.53% (eight sessions of gains)
TSE First Section trading volume was 1,599,340,000 shares, with a total trading value of 3,354.4 billion yen.
TSE First Section advancers: 1,444 (65%); decliners: 654 (29%); unchanged: 97 (4%).
In sector rankings, 29 sectors advanced, 4 declined.
Top gainers include Banking, Securities & Futures, Rubber products, Other Financials, Transportation equipment, Insurance, Glass/Stone/Clay products, …
Top losers include Transportation, Real estate, Other products, Information & Communications.
Among the top gainers in the First Section: Wakamaru Pharmaceutical <4512> [currently 554 yen +80], Ceres <3696> [currently 5,110 yen +700]
Enigmo <3665> [currently 1,457 yen +199], Nigei <8013> [currently 376 yen +43]
Top losers include Maruyama Logistics <9067> [currently 319 yen -34], JAG <3751> [currently 939 yen -88]
VIX Short-Term Futures <1552> [currently 4,375 yen -250], Fico <7947> [currently 4,620 yen -215]
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group <8306> [currently 647.0 yen +31.7], Mizuho <8411> [currently 1,689.5 yen +50.0]
Sumitomo Mitsui <8316> [currently 4,260 yen +168]
Nomura <8604> [currently 689.5 yen +26.7], Daiwa <8601> [currently 581.5 yen +8.6]
SoftBank Group <9984> [currently 10,220 yen -180], Toyota <7203> [currently 8,650 yen +342]
Sony <6758> [currently 11,630 yen +55], Fujifilm <4901> [currently 6,594 yen +145], Takeda <4502> [currently 4,259 yen +4]
Nikkei Leverage <1570> [currently 34,750 yen +750], Nikkei 2x Bear <1357> [currently 395 yen -9]
CBOE Volatility Index international <1552> [currently 4,375 yen -250], NY Dow Bear <2041> [currently 3,140 yen -25]
WTI Crude Oil ETF <1671> [currently 1,337 yen -26]
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