[Bull and Bear Materials]

Bullish materials

Nikkei average is up (38633.02, +62.26)

The NY Dow is up (39134.76, +299.90).

1 dollar = 158.90-00 yen.

US crude oil futures are up (81.29, +0.58)

Expectations for inflation to ease in the US.

Request for improvement in corporate value by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Bearish materials

The Nasdaq Composite Index is down (17721.59, -140.64).

The SOX index is down (5610.01, -155.11).

The VIX index is up (13.28, +0.80).

Chicago Nikkei futures are down (38545, Osaka by -65).

US long-term interest rates rose

Concerns about early additional rate hikes by the Bank of Japan.

Prolonged fighting in Ukraine and Israel.

Low approval rating of the Cabinet.

Notes to be aware of:

Consumer price index (May)

MFS goes public.

Regular shareholder meetings of companies such as Nippon Steel <5401> and SoftBank Group <9984>.

PMI for Japan, India, the eurozone, the UK, and the US (June).

Foreign currency reserves of India (last week).

Eurozone Council of Finance Ministers.

Retail sales index (May) in the UK.

Canadian retail revenue (April)

U.S. Existing home sales volume (May)

U.S. Leading index ETF (May)