The Nikkei Index rose, following the upward trend on Wall Street.

The Nikkei Index rose 1.0% to 71765.74 points, following the overnight gains on Wall Street. Nomura's research analysts commented, "The focus may be on the sustainability of the AI economy and its ripple effects." They stated, "In our base case scenario, we had previously expected the Nikkei 225 Index to be at 66000 points by the end of June, but we cannot ignore the bullish scenario, where the Nikkei 225 Index could be around 75000 points." Among the top performing components of the Nikkei Index, SWCC Corp. rose 9.2%, Sanki Engineering rose 9.1%, and Yamaichi Electronics rose 8.6%. The dollar was at 161.26 yen, and at the close of trading on Thursday in New York, it was at 161.38 yen.