Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market Index 836.57 -6.54 / Volume 0.1 billion 64.92 million shares/Trading value 101.3 billion yen

Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market 250 Index 655.65 -5.52 / Volume 0.1 billion 27.01 million shares/Trading value 83.9 billion yen

Today's growth market saw both the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market Index and the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market 250 Index continue to decline. The number of advancing stocks was 225, declining stocks 320, and unchanged stocks 37.

The U.S. stock market continued to rise on the 24th. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 42,208.22, up 83.57 points (+0.20%), the Nasdaq rose 100.25 points (+0.56%) to 18,074.52, and the S&P 500 closed at 5,732.93, up 14.36 points (+0.25%). Expectations of additional rate cuts by the end of the year and China's stimulus measures improved the outlook for the global economy, leading to a rise after the opening. However, optimism about the economy waned after the consumer confidence index for September fell below expectations, leading to selling. Profit-taking sales were observed from near record highs in the Dow, which struggled to grow. The Nasdaq saw strong buying interest in semiconductor stocks like Nvidia driven by AI demand, resulting in a steady rise and pushing up the market. The Dow recovered into positive territory and set new record highs for consecutive days towards the end of the session.

Similar to the mixed trends in large cap stocks on the Main Board market, the growth market also lacked direction with a strong cautious trading sentiment, resulting in a quiet market development with a trading value of around 100 billion yen. Despite being the first IPO in a month, both stocks saw their debut prices fall below the offering price, leading to a downward trend in the Growth Market 250 Index.

In individual stocks, negative reports from securities companies led to declines in companies such as Free <4478>, Genda <9166>, and Integral <5842>, among other major stocks showing lackluster performance. Ranking high in decline rates are ConvaNo <6574>, PSS <7707>, Modalis <4883>, and others.

On the other hand, among the top market cap stocks, SeaUSea <9158>, GNI Group <2160>, Skymark <9204>, and others held firm. Bio-related stocks like Sanbio <4592>, Solezia Pharma <4597> featured prominently in the top gainers, and Agricultural Comprehensive Research Institute <3541> saw buying interest.

Among the stocks included in the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market Core Index, Free, Genda, and others, GMO Financial Gate <4051>, Toraitsu <9164> were sold.

Furthermore, the opening price of ROXX <241A>, which was listed on the growth market, fell by 8.0% from the public offering price to 1941 yen, and the opening price of Reply Priority <242A>, listed on the Fukuoka Q board, fell by 8.0% to 1398 yen.

[Top 10 gainers and losers on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market]

Top 10 gainers

| Code | Stock Name | 　Current price | Change from previous day | 　　Ratio from previous |

1| 4316| B-Map | 535| 80| 17.58|

2| 3261| Gran | 734| 100| 15.77|

3| 4592| Symbio | 1362| 124| 10.02|

4| 7345| Ai Partners | 540| 48| 9.76|

5| 4597|Solezia| 49| 4| 8.89|

6| 7073|Jaic| 2310| 175| 8.20|

7| 3541|Agricultural Research Institute| 305| 21| 7.39|

8| 4417|Global Securities| 6580| 410| 6.65|

9| 7409|AeroEdge| 1880| 116| 6.58|

10| 4418|JDSC| 840| 47| 5.93|

Top 10 declining percentage | Code | Stock name | Current price | Previous day difference | Previous ratio |

| Code | Stock Name | 　Current price | Change from previous day | 　　Ratio from previous |

1| 6574| Convano | 2053| -257| -11.13|

2| 7707| PSS | 279| -24| -7.92|

3| 218A| Libera Ware | 551| -44| -7.39|

4| 194A| WOLVES | 1086| -81| -6.94|

5| 7689| Copa | 711| -53| -6.94|

6| 4883| Modalis | 95| -7| -6.86|

7| 4833| Def con | 68| -5| -6.85|

8| 4478| Free | 2491| -179| -6.70|

9| 206A|PRISM Bio | 428| -28| -6.14|

10| 5590|Net Stars | 1106| -66| -5.63|