The Japanese stock market showed a mixed performance today, with the Nikkei 225 index rising by 1.23%. Over the past five days, the index has gained 3.17%, although it remains down by 0.68% over the last month.
In terms of market capitalization, large-cap stocks saw TOPPAN Holdings, Inc. emerge as the top performer with a return of 7.32%. Conversely, SBI Holdings, Inc. struggled significantly, posting a decline of 50.08%. Mid-cap stocks were led by Yamaguchi Financial Group, Inc., which achieved a return of 10.7%, while Taiyo Holdings Co., Ltd. faced a downturn of 48.3%. Among small-cap stocks, Datasection, Inc. excelled with a return of 20.22%, while Simplex Holdings, Inc. suffered a substantial loss of 74.97%.

The overall advance-decline ratio across the market indicated a healthy trend, with 2,307 stocks advancing compared to 1,251 declining, resulting in a ratio of 1.84. Notably, small-cap stocks had the strongest advance-decline ratio at 1.94, while large-cap stocks were nearly balanced with a ratio of 1.03.