A poster of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hung at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday, February 8, 2026. Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Japanese Nikkei Stock Average It continued its post-election rally, hitting a new high on Tuesday as Asian markets overall rose.
Following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s overwhelming victory in the House of Representatives, the Japanese market continues to ride the “high market trade.”
The Nikkei Stock Average rose 2.28% to a record high of 57,650.54 yen, and the TOPIX rose 1.9% to a record high of 3,855.28 yen.
shares of SoftBank Group Corp. Shares soared to 11.95% on Tuesday and closed 10.68% higher after the subsidiary revised upward its full-year forecast for the fiscal year ending March 31. This follows Monday’s 6.3% rise.
Korean Kospi rose slightly to 5,301.69, while the small-cap Kosdaq fell 1.1% to 1,115.2, falling into negative territory.
hong kong Hang Seng Index Mainland China’s CSI 300 index rose 0.11% to 4,724.3.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 ended flat at 8,867.4.
Overnight in the US, tech stocks led the S&P 500 index to consecutive gains, with the composite index rising 0.47%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose slightly to an all-time high of $50,135.87, and the Nasdaq Composite Index rose 0.9%.
—CNBC’s Sean Conlon contributed to this report.
