Market Updates
Japan' Nikkei 225 Index Rebounded, Advantest Corp In Focus After Results
Akira Ito
30 Jul, 2026
Tokyo
Stocks in Japan rebounded and reversed 2-day losses, but the weakness in AI trade truncated market gains.
The Nikkei 225 Index increased 0.7%, the broader TOPIX decreased 0.5%, and the Japanese yen weakened to 163.72 against the U.S. dollar.
The yield on 10-year Japanese government bonds increased to 2.78% after the U.S. Federal Reserve left its rates unrevised.
The yield on 10-year U.S. Treasury notes edged up a fraction to 4.78% after the Federal Open Market Committee left its lending rate range unrevised, though three members dissented in favor of a rate hike.
AI-related stocks rebounded, despite the weakness in overnight trading in New York, after Advantest Corp. reported better-than-expected results in its latest quarter.
Japan Indexes and Stocks
The Nikkei 225 Stock Average increased 0.7% to 61,867.43, and the broader TOPIX fell 0.5% to 3,952.50.
Advantest Corp. soared 11% to ¥27,935.0 after the chip-testing equipment maker lifted its annual operating profit outlook by 35%, supported by strong demand driven by artificial intelligence infrastructure.
The market rally spread to other AI-related stocks after Advantest released its results.
Tokyo Electron increased 4.4% to ¥52,240.0, Murata Manufacturing advanced 2.9% to ¥6,416.0, and Ibiden Corp. gained 1.4% to ¥13,650.0.
SoftBank Group fell 2.5% to ¥4,622.0 after its subsidiary Arm Holdings PLC plunged 6.6% to $209.93 on weaker-than-expected sales estimates.
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