Murata Manufacturing jumped 15.02% and SoftBank Group gained 6.58% on July 30, while Toyota, Sony Group and Nintendo fell as chip-linked buying, currency moves and shifting U.S. market sentiment drove divergent trading.
Japanese American Depositary Receipts traded mixed in the U.S., with July 30 marked by a sharp split between gains in semiconductor-related and electronic-component names and declines in several exporter-sensitive stocks. Murata Manufacturing led advances, surging 15.02% above its domestic close to ¥7,379.9 on volume of more than 900,000 shares, while Tokyo Electron rose 5.97%, TDK gained 5.03% and SoftBank Group added 6.58% amid a broader rebound in U.S. technology shares and expectations tied to Arm. Financial stocks were mixed: Mizuho Financial Group outperformed with a 5.60% gain and Nomura Holdings rose 3.75%, contrasting with prior-session weakness in megabanks including Mizuho, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. On the losing side, Nintendo fell 5.91%, Sony Group dropped 4.63%, Fujitsu lost 4.74%, Toyota Motor declined 2.30% and Takeda Pharmaceutical slipped 3.75% despite recording the day’s heaviest ADR volume at 5.61 million shares. The moves contrasted with the previous session, when yen weakness had supported exporters such as Toyota, Sony and Honda even as risk-off sentiment tied to Middle East tensions and pressure on financial stocks weighed on broader trading. All July 30 ADR prices were converted at ¥159.53 per dollar.