TOKYO, May 14 (EVICOM).- The Tokyo Stock Exchange closed Tuesday with a 0.46% rise in its main index, the Nikkei, on a day marked by caution stemming from a weak yen and fresh inflation expectations. Data for the United States.
The Nikkei index, which brings together the 225 most representative addresses on the market, rose 176.60 points to 38,356.06.
For its part, the Topix index, a broader selective index that brings together companies in the main section, which have the largest capitalization, advanced by 0.25%, or 6.87 units, and reached 2,730.95 units.
The Tokyo market closed higher on Tuesday, in negotiations marked by awaiting annual results reports for Japanese companies and caution before the publication of inflation data from the United States at the end of this week.
However, Japanese investors were encouraged by the weakness of the yen against the dollar, as it traded today during negotiations in Tokyo in the range of 156.19 to 156.20 yen per dollar.
A lower yen benefits exporters by repatriating profits and may also encourage tourists to visit Japan.
The most traded stock today was Lasertec, a manufacturer of semiconductor analysis equipment, which rose by 2.83%.
Lasertec was followed by Softbank, which published its results report the day before the fiscal year ending on March 31, and advanced today by a large percentage of 4.33%, amid expectations that the company will expand towards developing semiconductors for artificial intelligence.
The stock of the company with the largest value on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, which is Toyota Motor Company, the leading automobile manufacturer, also rose by (0.68%).
For its part, Square Enix, the developer of video game franchises such as Final Fnatasy, was forced to suspend trading today after collapsing by almost 16% after publishing its results report the previous day, as it saw its net profits decline by 70% in the last fiscal year.
In the main section, 747 companies rose compared to 874 companies that declined, while 28 stocks closed stable.
The total value of the negotiations amounted to 5.06 trillion yen, or 30.012 million euros. Aficom
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