The Nikkei Index rose by 1,374 points or 2.4%, with SoftBank and Kioxia increasing by 13% and 12% respectively

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2026.04.14 07:05

Japanese stocks rose as the market anticipated ceasefire negotiations between the United States and Iran, with foreign capital buying futures driving the market up. The Nikkei average index opened 582 points higher and the gains expanded, rising by 1,477 points to reach 57,979 points, closing up 1,374 points or 2.4% at 57,877 points.

Artificial intelligence concepts and semiconductor stocks led the gains, with SoftBank (9984.JP) and Kioxia (285A.JP) rising by 12.7% and 11.9%, respectively. Advantest (6857.JP) rose by 8.5%, while Discus (6146.JP) and Raytech (6920.JP) increased by 6.3% and 3.8%. Tokyo Electron (8035.JP) rose by 2.9%. Wire stocks such as Furukawa Electric (5801.JP) and Fujikura (5803.JP) rose by 3.5% and 4.2%.

Heavy industry stocks like Kawasaki Heavy Industries (7012.JP) rose by 3%. Metal stocks JX Nippon Mining & Metals (5016.JP) rose by 11.2%, while Mitsui Mining & Smelting (5706.JP) and Sumitomo Metal Mining (5713.JP) rose by 5% and 5.4%, respectively. Rare earth concept Mitsui Ocean Development (6269.JP) rose by 3.1%. Oil stock Inpex (1605.JP) fell by 2%.

In other stocks, Fast Retailing (9983.JP) fell by 0.6%, Hitachi (6501.JP) rose by 5.2%, while Sanrio (8136.JP) and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (9107.JP) rose by 2% and 3.3%, respectively.

The latest exchange rate for the US dollar against the Japanese yen is 159.19

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