Japan stocks: Acom, Asahi Glass, Elpida, Sumitomo, Toyota

Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average rose 51.01, or 0.5 percent, to 9,988.05 as of the close in Tokyo. The following were among the most active shares in the Japanese market today. Stock symbols are in parentheses after company names.

Asahi Glass Co. lost 3 percent to 905 yen and Nippon Electric Glass Co.fell 3.2 percent to 1,138 yen. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. cut its investment rating on Asahi Glass to “sell” from “neutral” and lowered the rating on Nippon Electric to “neutral” from “buy,” citing growing concerns of LCD glass oversupply, according to a Dec. 1 Bloomberg report.

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