As of the closing on the 19th, there were 66 stocks that went up and 159 stocks that went down among the stocks in the Nikkei average composition constituency, and 0 stocks remained unchanged.

The US stock market fell on the 18th. The Dow Jones average closed at 40,665.02 yen, down 533.06 dollars (-1.29%), the NASDAQ fell 125.70 points (-0.70%) to 17,871.22, and the S&P500 fell 43.68 points (-0.78%) to 5,544.59. Following higher-than-expected employment and manufacturing-related indicators that diminished expectations of early interest rate cuts, stocks fell from the opening. The Dow, which had been hitting record highs for days, accelerated its decline towards the end of the day due to profit-taking sales and increased caution towards corporate earnings. The high-tech sector continued to be sold-off, and the NASDAQ also fell further.

Following the decline in US stocks, the Tokyo market continued to be dominated by selling at the start of trading. After the Nikkei average fell below the 40,000 yen level, semiconductor-related stocks such as Tokyo Electron <8035> and Advantest <6857>, which rebounded due to the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX Index), supported the market and it was in a deadlock around 40,000 yen. The index avoided a sharp drop, but the number of declining stocks on the Prime market exceeded 60%, and trading volume also decreased, resulting in a weak market.

At the closing of the market, the Nikkei average was 40,063.79 yen, down 62.56 yen (-0.16%) from the previous day. The trading volume on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market was 1,503,386,000 shares. The trading value was 3,816.7 billion yen. By industry, mining, electric power and gas utilities, air transportation, petroleum and coal products, marine transportation and others declined, while precision instruments, other products, electric appliances, metal products, warehouse and transportation-related industries and others rose. The number of rising stocks on the Prime market was 30%, while the number of falling stocks was 67%.

First Retail <9983> was the biggest decliner and pushed the Nikkei average down about 32 yen with one stock. SoftBank G<9984> came in second, followed by Disco <6146>, Fanuc <6954>, Kyocera <6971>, Astellas Pharma <4503>, Chugai Pharmaceutical <4519>, and more.

Meanwhile, Tokyo Electron <8035> was the top gainer and pushed up the Nikkei average by about 68 yen with one stock. Advantest <6857> came in second, followed by Hoya <7741>, TDK <6762>, NTT DATA G <9613>, Terumo <4543>, Shin-Etsu Chemical <4063>, and more.

* As of 15:00

Nikkei Average Stock Price 40063.79 (-62.56)

Number of rising stocks 66 (Contribution +173.00)

Number of declining stocks 159 (Contribution -235.56)

Number of unchanged stocks 0

○ Top advancing stocks

Code, Stock Name, Latest Price, Day Change, Contribution

<8035> Tokyo Electron: 31,170 yen, up 700 yen (+68.65)

<6857>Advantest 6143 95 24.85

<7741>Hoya 19930 665 10.87

<6762>TDK 10780 95 9.32

<9613>NTT DATA G 2391 33 5.31

<4543>Terumo 2800 20 5.23

<4063>Shin-Etsu Chemical 6733 31 5.07

<6988> Nippon Electric: 13,550 yen, up 145 yen (+4.74)

<6861>Keyence 72710 1380 4.51

<2801>Kikkoman 2000 26 4.17

<4704>Trend Micro 7202 106 3.47

<6367>Daikin Industries 22710 105 3.43

<6723>Renesas Electronics 3116 104 3.40

<5803>Fujikura 3171 61 1.99

<6701> NEC 13825 480 1.57

<4507> Shionogi & Co., Ltd. 6756 39 1.27

<8766> Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. 6189 22 1.08

<8233> Takashimaya Co., Ltd. 2920 66 1.07

<8001> Itochu Corporation 8043 30 0.98

<4578> Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. 7350 25 0.82

Top decreasing stocks

Code, Stock Name, Latest Price, Day Change, Contribution

<9983> Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. 41680 -330 -32.36

<9984> SoftBank Group Corp. 10510 -140 -27.46

<6146> DISCO Corporation 52700 -2560 -16.74

<6954> Fanuc Corp -82 -13.40

<6971> Kyocera Corporation Sponsored ADR -35 -9.15

<4503> Astellas Pharma Inc. -55 -8.99

<4519> Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 5900 -83 -8.14

<4021> Nissan Chemical Corp. -157 -5.13

<8058> Mitsubishi Corporation 3302 -52 -5.10

<9843> Nitori Holdings Co., Ltd. 17420 -280 -4.58

<6981> Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. -55 -4.32

<8015> Toyota Tsusho Corp. 3095 -43 -4.22

<6506> Yaskawa Electric Corporation 5391 -127 -4.15

<4568> Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited 5907 -42 -4.12

<4523> Eisai 6604 -95 -3.11

<6594> Nidec Corporation Sponsored ADR 6835 -106 -2.77

<8801> Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd 1539 -27.5 -2.70

<6273> SMC Corporation 76990 -810 -2.65

<5713> Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd 4920 -159 -2.60

<6526> Sosei Group Corporation 3435 -74 -2.42