As of the close 23 days ago, the number of stocks that increased in the Nikkei average constituent stocks was 125, the number of stocks that decreased was 98, and the number of stocks that remained unchanged was 2.
The Nikkei average is down. It closed the morning session at 38,117.44 yen (approximately 600 million 30 million shares of volume) down 93.57 yen (-0.24%).
The U.S. stock market was down on the 22nd. The Dow average closed at 40,712.78 dollars, down 177.71 dollars (-0.43%), the Nasdaq closed at 17,619.36, down 299.63 points (-1.67%), and the S&P500 closed at 5,570.64, down 50.21 points (-0.89%). Weekly jobless claims had no surprises, and the sharp concern about the rapid deterioration of the labor market subsided, leading to an increase after the opening. The number of existing home sales also exceeded expectations, and selling shifted to high-tech stocks due to rising long-term interest rates. Subsequently, selling intensified due to profit-taking in anticipation of a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Powell, and the market expanded its decline towards the end.
While U.S. stocks fell, the Tokyo market cautiously started off with a firm tone. BOJ Governor Uchida stated during the closed session, "The financial markets are still in an unstable situation" and "We will continue to closely monitor their developments with a very high level of vigilance." He also explained that "As the certainty of our economic and price outlook increases, we will maintain our basic stance of adjusting the degree of monetary easing accordingly." The exchange rate temporarily reached the 145 yen 20 sen level as the yen strengthened and the dollar weakened. As a result, the Nikkei average, which had been trading in positive territory, turned negative.
Among the Nikkei average constituent stocks, semiconductor stocks such as Laser Tech <6920>, Advantest <6857>, Socionext <6526>, Renesas Electronics <6723>, and Tokyo Electron <8035> were sold off due to a more than 3% decline in the Philadelphia Semiconductor Stock Index (SOX). Furukawa Electric <5801>, Fujikura <5803>, Ebara Corporation <6361>, and Resonac <4004> also declined.
On the other hand, Sharp <6753> rose sharply due to reports that SoftBank <9434> will make a 100 billion yen investment. Dai Construction <1801> and Obayashi Corporation <1802> were also bought based on securities firms' reports. Hitachi Zosen <7004>, Meiji Holdings <2269>, Konica Minolta <4902>, and Comsys HD <1721> were also bought.
In terms of industry sectors, electric appliances, insurance, wholesale trade, nonferrous metals, and glass and stone products declined, while construction, precision instruments, other financing business, petroleum and coal products, and warehousing and transportation-related industries rose.
The top contributors to the decline were Tokyo Electron <8035>, which pushed down the Nikkei average by about 74 yen. Advantest <6857> took second place, followed by Laser Tech <6920>, TDK <6762>, Disco <6146>, Mitsubishi Shokuhin <8058>, and OLC <4661>.
On the other hand, the top contributor to the price increase was Fast Retailing <9983>, pushing the Nikkei average up by about 29 yen with one stock. The second place was taken by Terumo <4543>, followed by Daikin <6367>, Secom <9735>, Daiichi Sankyo <4568>, Chugai Pharmaceutical <4519>, HOYA <7741>, and others.
*As of 11:30.
Nikkei Average Stock Price 38117.44 (-93.57)
Number of advancing issues 125 (Contribution +138.86)
Number of declining issues 98 (Contribution -232.43)
Number of unchanged stocks 2
○ Top advancing stocks
Code, Stock Name, Latest Price, Day Change, Contribution
<9983> First Retail 45350 300 29.42
<4543> Terumo 2771 42 10.85
<6367> Daikin Industries 17795 210 6.87
<9735> Secom 10435 205 6.70
<4568> The First Pharmaceutical 5917 60 5.88
<4519> Chugai Pharmaceutical 7173 59 5.79
<7741> Hoya 20345 345 5.64
<2801> Kikkoman 1722 24 3.84
<6971> Kyocera 1737 13 3.40
<4901> Fujifilm 3742 32 3.14
<4063> Shin-Etsu Chemical 6292 16 2.62
<8252> Marui Group 2447 74 2.40
<8591> Orix 3529 70 2.29
<6645> Omron 5829 66 2.16
<6273> SMC 67430 600 1.96
<6753> Sharp 1010 57 1.87
<2871> Nichirei 4323 108 1.77
<1721> Comsys HD 3151 52 1.70
<1801> Obayashi Construction Co., Ltd. 6614 247 1.61
<6098> Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. 8816 16 1.57
Top decreasing stocks
Code, Stock Name, Latest Price, Day Change, Contribution
<8035> Tokyo Electron Ltd. Unsponsored ADR 27050 -755 -74.05
<6857> Advantest Corp 6374 -233 -60.94
<6920> Laser Tech 28135 -1120 -14.65
<6762> TDK 9775 -97 -9.51
<6146> Disco 43020 -540 -3.53
<8058> Mitsubishi Corporation 2992 -35.5 -3.48
<4661> Oriental Land Co., Ltd. Unsponsored ADR 4019 -106 -3.47
<8766> Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. 5381 -69 -3.38
<2413> m3, Inc. 1421 -43 -3.37
<6526> Sosei Group Corporation 3111 -103 -3.37
<6758> Sony Group 13270 -100 -3.27
<6981> Murata Manufacturing 2885 -32 -2.51
<9984> SoftBank Group 8408 -12 -2.35
<5803> Fujikura 3979 -69 -2.26
<8031> Mitsui & Co. 3001 -34 -2.22
<6723> Renesas Electronics 2431 -67.5 -2.21
<6301> Komatsu 4026 -62 -2.03
<7974> Nintendo Co., Ltd. 8221 -55 -1.80
<9613> NTT Data G 2112 -11 -1.80
<4523> Eisai 6129 -54 -1.77