Nomura Shares Jump After Unexpected Profit Increase: Tokyo Mover

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Nomura Holdings Inc. rose the most in three months after reporting an unexpected quarterly profit increase from cost cuts and the sale of private-equity investments.

Shares of Japan’s biggest brokerage jumped 7.1 percent, the biggest increase since Oct. 27, to 300 yen at the 3 p.m. close of Tokyo Stock Exchange trading. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. and the country’s top banks also rose. The Topix index gained 0.6 percent.