Dec 26th, 2013

Nikkei has continued to rise for seven days straight!

Tokyo's Nikkei share average(Nikkei 225) has continued to rise for seven days. The Nikkei ended 1.03% higher at 16,174.44, the year's high so far. TOYOTA(7203) ended 2.9% higher at 6,340 today though it couldn't rise for several days.

Today, Japanese Individual Savings Account called NISA start up, and investors begin buying stocks by it. In addition, selling stocks before ending securities tax break ended yesterday, so supply-demand relations in stock markets improve.

Topix index was up 1.7% at 1279.34, the year's high so far. Stocks of auto manufacturers and financial institutions(Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Group, Mizuho Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group) whose price influence Topix index rose today though only Nikkei225 rose by hedge fund in December. Therefore, NT index which is Nikkei225 divedend Topix drop today more than yesterday. By the way, investors can get stream of stock market by NT index.

Share changing hands is 2.65 billion, and various stocks was bought. The number of stocks rose today is 1620, the percentage of rising stocks to the all stocks in Tokyo Market is about 90%. On the other hand, the number of stocks dropped today is 120..