Dividend and entitlement
The Nikkei Stock Average rose for the third consecutive trading day.
On the back of expectations for a continued recovery in the U.S. economy, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting new highs while the Nasdaq Composite continued higher in the prior session, buying led.
Right after the opening, it recovered to the 29,500 yen level.
Although it then stalled, by the end of the first half session it rose to 29,514 yen (up 337 yen from the previous day).
Moves toward end-March dividends and rights, and buying futures for reinvestment of dividends toward the close, were in focus, keeping the market tight.
The Nikkei Average fell about 1,810 yen and recovered about 1,070 yen.
The Mothers Index turned positive briefly but finished the day in the low range, down for the second day.
Nikkei Average Stock Price 29,484.57 +307.87 +1.06% (before the close, third straight rise)
25-day moving average deviation +0.33%
Dow Jones CFD 32,959 -114 -0.35%
WTI Crude Oil, nearby contract 60.56 +2.38%
Shanghai Composite Index 3,440.91 +22.62 +0.66%
Hong Kong Hang Seng Index 28,421.37 +83.94 +0.32%
SQ Level: 29,282.41 yen (3/12), 26,713.47 yen (December Major SQ)
TOPIX 1,997.46 +13.30 +0.67% (third straight rise)
Foreign exchange: 1 USD = 109.483 JPY, 1 EUR = 129.083 JPY; Bitcoin 6060.818 -0.79%
TSE Mothers 1,196.23 -2.35 -0.20% (second day of decline)
TSE JASDAQ Average 3,946.46 +21.38 +0.54% (third straight rise)
TSE Second Section Index 7,562.08 +15.72 +0.21% (third straight rise)
TSE First Section trading volume 778.51 million shares, trading value 1.4841 trillion yen.
TSE First Section advancers 1,246 (56%), decliners 857 (39%), unchanged 90 (4%).
Sector rankings: 25 sectors rose, 8 declined.
Top gainers: Services, Electric machinery, Rubber products, Retail, Steel, Glass & stone products, Wholesale, ...
Top losers: Securities & commodity futures, Shipping, Air transport, Other financials, Pulp & paper banking, ...
Top gainers in the First Section: Yamada Consulting <4792> [currently 1,191 yen +125]; Fujigura Composite <5121> [currently 561 yen +48]
Cross Marketing <3675> [currently 540 yen +45]; Adways <2489> [currently 804 yen +58]
Top losers: Nomura Holdings <8604> [currently 611.3 yen -109.4]; Mobiconnect <3912> [currently 1,567 yen -165]
Airoom G <2372> [currently 2,385 yen -198]; Property Access <3464> [currently 2,416 yen -158]
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