Nikkei 225 up 3.4% versus the previous trading day; during the session on the 9th, SoftBank Group fell 2.9% compared with the previous trading day's close.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 rebounded 3.4% to 59,411.34 in intraday trading on the 9th, a sharp reversal from the prior session’s 5.96% plunge to 57,434.77, while SoftBank Group fell 2.9% even as chip-equipment names Tokyo Electron and Advantest gained 6.5% and 5.1%, respectively. The prior selloff had left the index 20.6% below its June 25 record close of 72,366.34, with 222 of 225 constituents declining that day. The split between SoftBank’s decline and semiconductor-equipment gains points to rotation within Japan’s tech-heavy index rather than a uniform risk-on move. Investors will watch whether the rebound holds through the close and whether SoftBank’s underperformance persists against the chip-linked names that drove the bounce.