Japan stock market today: Major indices of the Japanese stock market witnessed high volatility on July 22 amid election-related uncertainty. After rising over 1 per cent, key index Nikkei 225 fell 0.60 per cent during the session, while TOPIX, a broader and more comprehensive index than the Nikkei, also fell by about half a per cent after rising by 1 per cent during the session.
Stocks such as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings, and Japan Steel Works jumped 4-5 per cent, while shares of M3 Inc., Sumitomo Pharma, and Ebara Corp, fell about 4 per cent each.
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