Equities
Retail investors increasingly using leverage to take positions in Kioxia, others
Outstanding margin-buy positions in Kioxia totaled 13.23 million shares as of Friday, worth about 631.5 billion yen. (Photo by Kazuho Fujiwara)
KOSUKE IGUCHI
August 13, 2026 03:47 JST
TOKYO — Margin trading is booming in Japan, reaching a total of 123 trillion yen ($772 billion) in July — double the figure six months earlier — as retail investors using leverage to trade high-priced artificial intelligence and other stocks boosts liquidity in the market.