Tokyo Close: Advantest Took Gold—and Reached Back for the Chip Army

Editorial satire: Advantest reaches down from first place to pull Kioxia and Tokyo Electron onto the third-place podium, while SoftBank keeps yesterday’s medal and looks away. The podium is a metaphor, not a literal ranking of today’s returns.

Tokyo Closing Dispatch · 11 November 2026 · 15:30 JST close

The Nikkei added 789 points as semiconductors answered yesterday’s question: could Tokyo remain above 60,000 while SoftBank weakened?

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Today’s answer was yes—for one session.

Advantest, Tokyo Electron and Kioxia all advanced while SoftBank Group fell after its earnings release. The Nikkei still closed above 61,000, and the Nikkei Semiconductor Stock Index gained 4.48%.

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The Close in 60 Seconds

The Nikkei 225 closed at 61,248.59, up 789.01 points (+1.31%), its third consecutive advance.
TOPIX closed at 3,929.39, up 35.68 points (+0.92%).
The Nikkei Semiconductor Stock Index rose 4.48% to 18,831.80.
Advantest closed at ¥31,440, up ¥1,750 (+5.89%).
Tokyo Electron closed at ¥9,272, up ¥266 (+2.95%).
Kioxia Holdings closed at ¥9,571, up ¥503 (+5.55%).
SoftBank Group closed at ¥3,765, down ¥107 (−2.76%), after falling as low as ¥3,465 in the morning.
From the 6 November close of 57,434.77, the Nikkei has recovered 3,813.82 points, or 6.64%, in three sessions.

Yesterday’s Question Was Answered

Yesterday’s closing note ended with a specific test: could Advantest and Tokyo Electron keep the Nikkei above 60,000 if SoftBank weakened after its earnings?

Today provided a provisional answer.

SoftBank fell, but the semiconductor complex took over the index engine. Advantest rose 5.89%, Tokyo Electron added 2.95%, Kioxia gained 5.55%, and the dedicated Nikkei semiconductor index climbed 4.48%.

That matters because yesterday’s 1,684-point rally was highly concentrated. SoftBank, Advantest and Tokyo Electron supplied roughly 925 points of the move. Today, the leadership changed without the index collapsing.

This was not proof of a new bull leg. It was evidence that the rebound had a second engine.