At the closing of the stock market on the 19th, the number of rising stocks among the Nikkei average constituent stocks was 33, the number of falling stocks was 191, and the number of unchanged stocks was 1.

The U.S. stock market continued to rise on the 16th. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 40,659.76, up 96.70 points (+0.24%), the Nasdaq closed at 17,631.72, up 37.22 points (+0.21%), and the S&P 500 closed at 5,554.25, up 11.03 points (+0.20%). Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans expressed concern about the economy and labor market, and housing starts were lower than expected, triggering caution and selling at the opening. However, after the release of the Michigan Consumer Confidence Index, which was better than expected, concerns about the economy eased, buying increased, and the market turned upward. Toward the end, the market continued to rise, reflecting solid U.S. stocks and awareness of the yen's depreciation and easing of expectations for a rate cut, but the Tokyo market started with a selling bias. After the selling receded, the Nikkei average gradually reduced its decline and even rebounded temporarily, but the market sentiment changed dramatically in the afternoon. The Nikkei average extended its decline under futures-led selling amid a rapid acceleration of the yen's appreciation and dollar depreciation to around 145 yen per dollar. It ended the day in the low price range, hitting today's lowest level just before the market closed.

At the end of the day, the Nikkei average was 37,388.62 yen, down 674.05 yen or 1.77% from the previous business day. The trading volume on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) prime market was 1.7172 billion shares, with the trading value at 4.1613 trillion yen. Among industry sectors, mining, machinery, transportation equipment, electric appliances, rubber products, etc. declined, while only small retail trade and maritime transportation sectors rose. On the TSE prime market, the number of advancing issues was 15%, while that of declining issues was 83%.

The top two contributors to the decline in the Nikkei average were Fast Retailing<9983> and Toshiba Electronics<8035>, which pushed down the Nikkei average by about 201 yen with two stocks. The top two stocks in the decline rate among the Nikkei average constituent stocks were Ebara<6361> with a 5.98% decline and Mitsukoshi Isetan<3099> with a 5.53% decline.

The top two contributors to the rise in the Nikkei average were 7&i Holdings<3382> and Nitori Holdings<9843>, which pushed up the Nikkei average by about 47 yen with two stocks. The top two stocks with the highest increase rate among the Nikkei average constituent stocks were also 7&i Holdings with a 22.71% increase and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma<4506> with a 7.04% increase.

* As of 15:00

Nikkei Stock Average 37,388.62 (-674.05)

Number of advancing stocks 33 (contribution +71.49)

Number of declining stocks 191 (contribution -745.54)

Number of unchanged stocks 1

○ Top advancing stocks

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

<3382> 7&i Holdings 2161 400 39.23

<9843> Nitori Holdings 19985 525 8.58

<9433> KDDI 4682 25 4.90

<3092> ZOZO 4495 104 3.40

<7733> Olympus 2565 21 2.75

<2413> M3 1289 29 2.24

<4324> Dentsu Group 4253 46 1.50

<4506> Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma 593 39 1.27

<6920> Laser Technology 28970 90 1.18

<8267> AEON 3515 34 1.11

<2871> Nichirei 4042 57 0.93

<8802> Mitsubishi Estate 2399 22 0.70

Softbank <9434> 1940 13 0.42

GS Yuasa <6674> 2651 64 0.42

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp <9432> 152 1 0.39

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha <9101> 5015 35 0.34

East Japan Railway Co <9020> 2691 34 0.33

Konami Group <9766> 11860 10 0.33

Mitsubishi Warehouse <9301> 4750 17 0.28

CyberAgent Inc <4751> 971 9 0.25

Top decreasing stocks

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

First Retailing Co Ltd <9983> 42600 -1150 -112.78

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corp <8035> 28055 -900 -88.27

TDK Corp <6762> 9832 -388 -38.05

Advantest Corp <6857> 6524 -137 -35.83

Softbank Group Corp <9984> 8275 -175 -34.33

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Ltd <4063> 6178 -201 -32.85

Recruit Holdings Co Ltd <6098> 8524 -286 -28.05

FANUC Corp <6954> 4077 -136 -22.23

Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd <4568> 5766 -197 -19.32

Terumo Corp <4543> 2614 -68.5 -17.91

DISCO Corp <6146> 46020 -2270 -14.84

Toyota Motor Corp <7203> 2661 -84 -13.73

<6981> Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 2943 -141.5 -11.10 <6988> Nitto Denko Corporation 11305 -285 -9.32 <2801> Kikkoman Corporation 1688 -54 -8.83 <6273> SMC Corporation 65660 -2640 -8.63 <7741> Hoya Corporation 19300 -500 -8.17 <6902> Denso Corporation 2260 -59.5 -7.78 <4519> Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 6786 -74 -7.26 <7269> Suzuki Motor Corporation 1687 -55 -7.19

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<6273> SMC 65660 -2640 -8.63

<7741> HOYA 19300 -500 -8.17

<6902> Denso 2260 -59.5 -7.78

<4519> Chugai Pharmaceutical 6786 -74 -7.26

<7269> Suzuki 1687 -55 -7.19