{"id":43515,"date":"2021-03-26T12:31:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T08:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/?p=43515"},"modified":"2021-03-26T11:57:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T07:57:15","slug":"japan-stocks-closing-higher-on-a-jump-in-the-cycle-related-sectors-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/japan-stocks-closing-higher-on-a-jump-in-the-cycle-related-sectors-2\/03\/26\/market-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Stocks Closing Higher on a Jump in The Cycle-Related Sectors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Japanese stocks closed higher on Friday, while SoftBank led the gains on the Nikkei index, as investors snapped up decliners after falling sharply this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nikkei index rose 1.56% to close at 29,176.70 points, while the broader Topix index advanced 1.46% to 1,984.16 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the week, the Nikkei is down 2% and the Topix is \u200b\u200bdown 1.4%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sentiment was supported, as Wall Street closed higher yesterday thanks to renewed optimism about the economy&#8217;s recovery after President Joe Biden pledged to double his administration&#8217;s plan to distribute anti-virus vaccines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nikkei&#8217;s heavyweight Softbank rose 1.8%, the largest contributor to the index, followed by Advantest, a maker of chip testing equipment, which jumped 4.65%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fast retailer, which runs Uniqlo clothing stores, rose 0.88%, also adding to the Nikkei index.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toyota Motor and Sony were the largest shareholders in Topix, up 2.4% and 1.96%, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of the 33 sub-sector indices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose, while the transportation sector led the gains. 195 shares advanced on the Nikkei, compared to a decline of 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese stocks closed higher on Friday, while SoftBank led the gains on the Nikkei index, as investors snapped up decliners after falling sharply this week. The Nikkei index rose 1.56% to close at 29,176.70 points, while the broader Topix index advanced 1.46% to 1,984.16 points. For the week, the Nikkei is down 2% and the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":40115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,36],"tags":[6939,6971],"class_list":["post-43515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-global-stock-markets","category-market-updates","tag-japan","tag-nikkei"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43515"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43516,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43515\/revisions\/43516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}