A poster of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi displayed on the Liberal Democratic Celebration’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg through Getty Photos
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Japan’s Nikkei 225 continued its post-election rally and reached new highs on Tuesday, amid positive factors within the broader Asian markets.
The Japanese market continues to trip the “Takaichi commerce” within the wake of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s landslide victory within the Decrease Home.
Nikkei 225 rose 2.39% to 57,708, whereas the Topix was up 1.91%, additionally at a contemporary file.
Shares of Softbank Group Corp spiked as a lot as 11.95% on Tuesday after its subsidiary firm upgraded its full 12 months forecasts for its monetary 12 months ending March 31. This follows a 6.3% achieve on Monday.
South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.35%, paring some positive factors, whereas the small-cap Kosdaq fell into unfavourable territory and was 0.86% decrease.
Hong Kong’s Grasp Seng index was up 1.12%, and mainland China’s CSI 300 was marginally down.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.44%, extending positive factors to a 3rd day.
In a single day within the U.S., tech shares powered the S&P 500 to back-to-back positive factors, with the broad-based index rising 0.47%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Common was marginally as much as a file excessive of fifty,135.87, and the Nasdaq Composite jumped 0.9%.
—CNBC’s Sean Conlon contributed to this report.
