[Nikkei Stock Average and TOPIX (Table)]

Nikkei average; 38,266.79; +396.53

TOPIX; 2673.59; +23.09

[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 26th, the Nikkei average opened at 38,266.79 yen, up 396.53 yen, and rebounded. The previous day, on the 25th, the U.S. stock market fluctuated between highs and lows depending on the index. The Dow Jones lost 293.47 points, closing at 41,914.75 dollars, while the Nasdaq closed at 18,082.21, up 7.69 points. The market opened higher due to the positive revision of the OECD's world economic growth outlook, but profit-taking sales near historical highs pushed the Dow lower. Furthermore, August new home sales decreased from July, leading to a significant drop. Although the Nasdaq was weighed down by rising long-term interest rates, the semiconductor sector provided support, resulting in a slight increase. The Dow expanded its decline towards the end of the session.

Buying dominated the Tokyo stock market today. Despite a 5-day decline in the Dow Jones in the U.S. stock market, the relatively high-tech stock ratio, including the Nasdaq Composite Index and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX Index) composed of major semiconductor-related stocks, helped support the prices of high-tech and semiconductor-related stocks in the Tokyo market. In the foreign exchange market, with the dollar at around 144.50 yen, up 1.10 yen from around 3:00 pm yesterday, a slightly weaker yen and stronger dollar supported the prices of export stocks in the Tokyo market. However, the decline in the Dow Jones in the U.S. stock market weighed on stock prices in Tokyo. Although the Nikkei average fell by about 70 yen yesterday, short-term overheating concerns were still present. Buying prevailed at the opening bell. Today, Grovth eXperts <244A>, INGS <245A>, KidsStar <248A> were listed on the Tokyo Growth, while Asua <246A> was listed on the Tokyo Growth and Nagoya Stock Exchange. The "Tokyo Game Show 2024" will be held from today until the 29th.

In terms of sectors, other products, electric appliances, other financing businesses, metal products, and real estate are among the top gainers, while mining and land transportation are declining. In the top trading value of the TSE Prime, Toyota Tsusho <8035>, Advantest <6857>, Hitachi <6501>, IHI <7013>, Disco <6146>, Kawasaki Heavy Industries <7012>, Fujikura <5803>, Sanrio <8136>, Nintendo <7974>, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries <7011>, SoftBank Group <9984>, Recruit Holdings <6098>, Sony Group Corp <6758> are rising. On the other hand, Laser Tech <6920>, OLC <4661>, Komatsu <6301>, Kintetsu Group Holdings <9041>, Takeda Pharmaceutical <4502>, Zensho Holdings <7550>, Nippon Steel <5401>, Kobe Steel <5406>, JFE Holdings <5411> are declining.