At the closing bell on the 28th, the number of rising stocks in the Nikkei average constituent stocks was 148, and the number of falling stocks was 76, with one stock remaining unchanged. The top contributors to the rise were Softbank Group <9984>, which pushed up the Nikkei average by about 50 yen with one stock. Advantest <6857> came in second place, followed by Laser Tech <6920>, Fanuc <6954>, Toto <5332>, Tokyo Marine <8766>, First Retailing <9983>, and others. On the other hand, the top contributors to the decline were Chugai Pharmaceutical <4519>, which pushed down the Nikkei average by about 8 yen with one stock. Shiseido <4911> came in second place, followed by Kao <4452>, Kyocera <6971>, Ajinomoto <2802>, Nidec <6594>, Omron <6645>, and others.

The U.S. stock market continued to rise slightly on the 27th. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended trading at 39,164.06, up 36.26 dollars (+0.09%) from the previous day. The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 53.53 points (+0.30%) to 17,858.68, and the S&P 500 rose 4.97 points (+0.09%) to 5,482.87. The market opened lower due to lackluster corporate earnings, such as from Micron and Walgreens Boots Alliance, which cooled investor sentiment. While the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) is keeping an eye on the release of the May PCE price index, investors are cautious, and skepticism about the sustainability of the AI boom emerged due to Micron's inadequate outlook, leading to selling of semiconductor stocks such as Nvidia. On the other hand, buying continued for major technology stocks, such as Amazon.com and Apple, whose market capitalization reached 2 trillion dollars the previous day, supporting the market.

Following the rise in US stocks, the Tokyo market started with buying preference for high-tech stocks. The Nikkei average started at 39,500 yen and gradually rose, with scenes of expanding the gain to almost the same rebound high of 39,783.70 yen on the 26th. After one round of buying, the upward trend became heavy in response to the growing mood to judge tonight's US economic indicators and this weekend's French lower house election. Furthermore, TOPIX temporarily updated the year-to-date high of 2,813.22 points (closing price basis) on March 22, as large market capitalization financial stocks continued to be bought.

At the closing bell, the Nikkei average was 24,154 yen higher (+0.61%) than the previous day at 39,583.08 yen. The trading volume on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market was 1,718,530,000 shares and the trading value was 4,283.3 billion yen. Among the sectors, insurance, banking, marine transportation, mining and other financial industries rose, while food, air transportation, electricity and gas, nonferrous metals and fisheries, agriculture and forestry declined. As for the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market, the number of advancing stocks was 40%, while the number of declining stocks was 56%.

The top contributor to the rise was Softbank Group <9984>, which pushed up the Nikkei average by about 50 yen with one stock. Advantest <6857> came in second place, followed by Laser Tech <6920>, Fanuc <6954>, Toto <5332>, Tokyo Marine <8766>, First Retailing <9983>, and others. On the other hand, the top contributors to the decline were Chugai Pharmaceutical <4519>, which pushed down the Nikkei average by about 8 yen with one stock. Shiseido <4911> came in second place, followed by Kao <4452>, Kyocera <6971>, Ajinomoto <2802>, Nidec <6594>, Omron <6645>, and others.

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* As of 15:00

Nikkei average stock price 39583.08 (+241.54)

Number of rising stocks 148 (contribution +316.12)

Number of falling stocks 76 (contribution -74.58)

Number of unchanged issues　1

○ Top advancing stocks

Code, Stock Name, Latest Price, Day Change, Contribution

<9984> Softbank G 10390 255 50.02

<6857> Advantest 6425 187 48.91

<6920> Laser Tech 36090 1120 14.65

<6954> Fanuc 4409 89 14.55

<8035> Toto 34900 100 9.81

<8766> Tokyo Marine HD 6005 156 7.65

<9983> First Retailing 40560 70 6.87

<9433> KDDI 4254 33 6.47

<8001> Itochu 7854 198 6.47

<4063> Shin-Etsu Chem 6238 39 6.37

<7269> Suzuki 1851 48 6.21

<6361> Ebara 2544 174 5.67

<6098> Recruit Holdings 8607 57 5.59

<7832> Bandai Namco HD 3140 52 5.10

<4543> Telmo 2653 19 4.84

Mitsubishi Corp <8058> 3148 49 4.81

<8725> MS & AD 3575 158 4.65

<7203> Toyota Motor 3290 27 4.41

<3659> Nexon 2975 57 3.69

<9843> Nitori HD 16990 225 3.68

Top decreasing stocks

Code, Stock Name, Latest Price, Day Change, Contribution

<4519> Chugai Pharmaceutical 5716 -83 -8.14

<4911> Shiseido Company,Limited sponsored adr 4588 -239 -7.81

<4452> Kao - Church Dwight 6524 -194 -6.34

<6971> Kyocera Corporation sponsored adr 1852 -19.5 -5.10

<2802> Ajinomoto 5641 -144 -4.71

<6594> Nidec Corporation sponsored adr 7185 -152 -3.98

<6645> Omron 5529 -104 -3.40

<2413> mThree 1534 -32 -2.51

<2502> Asahi GHD 5675 -68 -2.22

<9735> Secom Co - Church Dwight 9497 -59 -1.93

<2801> Kikkoman 1864 -11.5 -1.88

<6501> Hitachi Ltd sponsored adr 3601 -53 -1.73

<5713> Sumitomo Metal Mining 4878 -100 -1.63

<6753> Sharp Corp 930 -46.5 -1.52

<4503> Astellas Pharma 1590 -9 -1.47

Nintendo Co Ltd, with the stock code of 7974, decreased by 42 points, or 1.37%.

Eisai Co Ltd, with the stock code of 4523, decreased by 37 points, or 1.21%.

Canon Inc-spons Adr, with the stock code of 7751, decreased by 22 points, or 1.08%.

NEC Corp, with the stock code of 6701, decreased by 330 points, or 1.08%.

TDK Corporation, with the stock code of 6762, decreased by 9 points, or 0.88%.