[Nikkei Stock Average and TOPIX (Table)]
The Nikkei Average: 36,381.40, -61.03.
TOPIX: 2,583.51, +1.61.
[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.
On the 15th, the Nikkei Average fell by 61.03 yen to 36,381.40 yen, ending its trading day with a decline after four days. The previous day, the US stock market continued to rise. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended at 40,008.39, up 242.75 dollars, and the Nasdaq closed at 17,192.60, up 4.99 points. In July's Consumer Price Index (CPI), a slowdown in inflation was found again, and buying, which had been expected to be lowered, continued to rise after the opening. At the same time, buying that had expected aggressive rate cuts retreated as expected, and the Nasdaq subsequently turned to a decline. The pessimistic view of the economy receded, and the Dow rose, expanding its gains toward the end, while the Nasdaq barely recovered into positive territory and ended higher.
The Tokyo stock market started with a slight sell-off. Although the three major indexes (Dow Jones, Nasdaq Composite, and S&P 500) of the US stock market rose yesterday, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Stock Index (SOX Index), consisting of major semiconductor-related stocks, declined slightly, weighing on semiconductor-related stocks in the Tokyo market. Moreover, as the Nikkei Average rose by more than 1,600 yen in the preceding three business days, short-term rebound fatigue was also in focus. In addition, as the earnings reports of major domestic companies for the April-June period had been released in one round by yesterday, there were few clues. On the other hand, the fact that the three major indexes of the US stock market rose yesterday supported the stock prices in the Tokyo market. In addition, passing through the announcement of the wholesale price index (PPI) and the CPI for July in the US, which had been in the limelight, also gave a sense of relief in the Tokyo market, and the Nikkei Average turned up after the opening. In the morning of Japan time, China's industrial production, retail sales, and fixed asset investment for July will be announced.
Among the sectors, other products, glass and ceramics products, service industries, chemicals, and electrical appliances were among the top losers, while oil and coal products, securities and commodity futures, transportation equipment, metal products, and pulp and paper were among the top gainers. In the top trading volume of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime market, AGC <5201>, Mercari <4385>, Keyence <6861>, Shin-Etsu Chemical <4063>, Sony Group <6758>, Nintendo <7974>, Recruit Holdings <6098>, Fujikura <5803>, Daikin <6367>, and Kawasaki Kisen <9107> fell. On the other hand, Dentsu Group <4324>, SUMCO <3436>, Loctite <6323>, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries <7011>, Kawasaki Heavy Industries <7012>, Chugai Pharmaceutical <4519>, Subaru Corp unsponsored ADR <7270>, Mitsubishi Electric <6503>, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group <8316>, Micronics Japan <6871>, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group <8306>, KOKUSAI <6525>, Mizuho Financial Group <8411>, Mitsubishi Shoji <8058>, and Disco <6146> are rising.