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Shares rose on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday, after a rebound overnight from US stocks.
The average of 225 Nikkei titles climbed 110.44 points, or 0.50%, to finish at 22,200.56, after dipping 187.85 points on Thursday.
The Topix index of all issues in the first section closed up 1.96 percentage points, or 0.12%, to 1,616.93 points, after falling 15.71 points the previous day.
The Tokyo market was sharply higher after Wall Street's strong rally in Thursday on stronger than expected US retail sales in March and the promising results of US companies, brokers said.
However, after the execution of the initial purchase orders, the market has gradually badociated gains with the lack of strong buying incentives.
Mitsuo Shimizu, chief strategist at Aizawa Securities Co., said Mitsuo Shimizu, chief strategist
Market potential was limited, however, as foreign players began to take their Easter holiday and domestic investors refrained from actively negotiating before the weekend, Shimizu said.
It was difficult to tip the scales on both sides before the start of the full-fledged earnings season in Japan and the special ten-day week of the gold week starting on April 27, dealers said.
The up numbers outnumbered the numbers down from 1,147 to 899 in the first section of the TSE, while 95 numbers remained unchanged.
The volume fell to 928 million shares against 1.188 billion on Thursday.
Semiconductor issues such as chip maker maker Tokyo Electron and test equipment maker Advantest have attracted buying thanks to surges by US counterparts.
Nintendo jumped 14.12% after the press announced yesterday that the Guangdong Province government in China has approved the sale of the Nintendo Switch console and gaming software.
Daikin air conditioner manufacturer and auto parts supplier Denso also won the award.
On the other hand, issues related to domestic demand, including JR East rail operator and real estate agent Sumitomo Realty & Development, were addressed.
The parcel delivery company Yamato Holdings plunged into the sale, following the downward revision of its profit forecast for the year ended March.
Daiwa House and mobile phone provider KDDI have also been sold.
In the index futures futures traded on the Osaka Stock Exchange, the key June contract on the Nikkei average rose 90 points to end at 22,200.
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