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Japan's Producer Price Inflation Dropped to 11-Month Low, Nikkei 225 Scaled New Record High
Akira Ito
13 Aug, 2025
Tokyo
Japan's benchmark indexes hit new record highs following a rally in overnight trading on Wall Street.
The Nikkei 225 Stock Average and the broader Topix advanced more than 1% as investors doubled down on the hopes of a U.S. rate cut after the policy meeting next month.
Closer to home, producer price inflation dropped to an 11-month low in July, as export-driven companies contend with higher U.S. tariffs.
Producer prices rose at an annual pace of 2.6% in July, slower than 2.9% in the previous month, the Bank of Japan reported Wednesday.
Producer price inflation moderated for the fourth consecutive month, weakening the price growth to the slowest since August 2024.
On a monthly basis, producer prices rose 0.2%, following a downwardly revised 0.1% decrease in June.
Japan Indexes and Stocks
The Nikkei 225 Stock Average advanced 1.6% to 43,394.80, and the broader Topix gained 1.1% to 3,100.43.
Semiconductor equipment makers led the gainers in Tokyo trading.
Tokyo Electron advanced 0.7% to ¥21,680.0, Advantest Corp. jumped 4.9% to ¥11,695.0, and Disco Corp. increased 1.5% to ¥42,820.0.
Sanrio jumped 7.2% to ¥7,706.0, Sony Group advanced 3.6% to ¥4,136.0, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries added 3.8% to ¥4,109.0.
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