Nomura Leads Brokerages Higher After Profit Surges: Tokyo Mover

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Nomura Holdings Inc. led Japanese securities firms higher in Tokyo trading after the country’s biggest brokerage posted quarterly profit that more than tripled to the highest in seven years.

Nomura shares rose 4.1 percent, the most in more than two weeks, to 793 yen at the close. The Topix Securities and Commodity Futures Index was the best performer among 33 industry groups on the benchmark Topix, which rose 0.3 percent.