[Nikkei Stock Average and TOPIX (Table)]
Nikkei Average; 38587.57; -132.90 TOPIX; 2716.33; -15.45 On the 14th, the Nikkei Average opened down for the third consecutive day, falling 132.90 yen to 38,587.57 yen. On the previous day, the 13th, the U.S. stock market was mixed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the session at 38,647.10 yen, down 65.11 yen, while the Nasdaq closed at 17,667.56 yen, up 59.12 points, buoyed by buying of the semiconductor sector, particularly Broadcom's strong earnings. The direction of interest rate cuts was uncertain at the open and the market was mixed. Concerns about economic slowdowns were also raised by an increase in new unemployment insurance claims, and the Dow fell sharply. The Nasdaq rose steadily throughout the day, setting new record highs for consecutive days, thanks to buying of the semiconductor sector. Although the Dow narrowed its losses in the end, it couldn't reverse the trend, and major indexes ended mixed.
On the Tokyo stock market today, selling came first. The decline of the Dow Jones Industrial Average in the U.S. stock market yesterday became a burden on Tokyo stock prices. In addition, today's Bank of Japan monetary policy decision and Governor Uchida's press conference are scheduled to be announced, and there were those who held back from active buying in order to assess these. On the other hand, although the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell in the U.S. stock market yesterday, the high-tech stock ratio was high, supporting the prices of high-tech and semiconductor-related stocks on the Tokyo market was SOX index, which is composed of major semiconductor-related stocks, rose. Furthermore, the fact that the Dow Jones Industrial Average, after dropping more than 300 dollars at one point, ended the session with a small drop helped reassure the Tokyo market. Moreover, it was suggested that the 25-day moving average line, which was near 38,700 yen at yesterday's level, would become a downside support line and that there was not much downside potential from here, but selling was dominant at the opening stage. Chordia Therapeutics <190A> was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday. Today is the special settlement index (SQ) calculation day for June stock index futures and options. The QUICK estimated SQ value was 38,535.35 yen.
[Sector]: Mining, insurance, banking, transportation equipment, wholesale trade, etc. are the top decliners, while pharmaceuticals, precision instruments, and electric and gas industries rose. The turnover of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime includes Laser Tech <6920>, Mirrors HD <8897>, Kawasaki Shipbuilding <9107>, Dai-ichi Life HD <8750>, Recruit HD <6098>, Marubeni <8002>, Mitsui & Co. <8031>, Honda <7267>, SMC <6273>, INPEX <1605>, Nissan Motor <7201>, and Nomura <8604>, all of which fell. Meanwhile, Nitori Holdings <9843>, Rakuten Group <4755>, and Daiichi Sankyo <4568>, among others, have risen.
In 2023, the company's overall sales volume of 18,000 kiloliters, +28.10% year-on-year, significant growth. Product structure, 10-30 billion yuan products operating income of 401/1288/60 million yuan respectively.
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In the sector breakdown, transportation equipment, insurance, mining, banking, and pharmaceuticals fell, while oil and coal products, marine transportation, electric and gas companies, construction, and warehouse transportation-related businesses rose in value. As for the trading volume on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market, Tokyo Marine <8766>, Daiichi Sankyo <4568>, Secom <9735>, Asahi <2502>, Denso <6902>, Honda <7267>, Seven & i HD <3382>, Toyota <7203>, Mitsubishi UFJ <8306>, Recruit HD <6098>, Hoya <7741>, KDDI <9433>, and Sony G <6758> all declined. On the other hand, Advantest <6857>, Nidec <6594>, Daikin <6367>, Renesas <6723>, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries <7011>, Toshiba <8035>, SoftBank G <9984>, Olympus <7733>, Laser Tec <6920>, and Disco <6146> have all risen.