At the closing of the 8th, the number of rising stocks in the Nikkei 225 constituents was 38 stocks, 187 stocks fell, and 0 stocks remained unchanged.

The US stock market on the 7th fell. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 41,954.24, down 398.51 points, while the Nasdaq closed at 17,923.90, down 213.95 points. On the 1st anniversary of the attacks by Hamas, Israel's Prime Minister announced the continuation of the attacks, increasing concerns about the deteriorating situation in the Middle East, leading to a decline after the opening. The Nasdaq was also sold with the rise in long-term interest rates, and the market remained weak throughout the day. Concerns grew as a new hurricane intensified, leading to economic turmoil, resulting in a further decline towards the end.

Following the drop in US stocks, the Tokyo market started trading with a predominance of selling. As the Nikkei average fell below 39,000 yen, the exchange rate moved towards 147 yen to the dollar, causing the yen to strengthen and the dollar to weaken, leading to a slightly wider decline. Additionally, after the National Day holiday, the Shanghai Composite Index reopened with a more than 10% increase from the previous trading day, but quickly narrowed its gains. The Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong also briefly expanded its decline to about 10% from the previous day, contributing to the volatile movements in Asian stocks becoming a negative factor for the Nikkei average.

At the closing of the Nikkei average, it was 38,937.54 yen, down 395.20 yen (-1.00%) from the previous day. The trading volume on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market was 1.7 billion 93.72 million shares, with a trading value of 3 trillion 941 billion yen. By industry, securities and commodity futures trading, wholesale trade, transportation equipment, banking, insurance, etc., declined, while only precision instruments, electrical and gas utilities, and mining sectors saw an increase. The Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market had 14% of stocks rising, while 84% were falling.

The top contributor to the decline was SoftBank Group <9984>, which pushed the Nikkei average down by about 32 yen with one stock. The second was Fast Retailing <9983>, followed by Daikin <6367>, Fanuc <6954>, TDK <6762>, Toho Electric <8035>, and Shin-Etsu Chemical <4063>, etc.

On the other hand, the top contributor to the rise was Advantest <6857>, which pushed the Nikkei average up by about 47 yen with one stock. The second was Terumo <4543>, followed by Nitori Holdings <9843>, Fujikura <5803>, Canon <7751>, Konami Group <9766>, and Secom <9735>, etc.

* As of 15:00

Nikkei Average Stock Price 38937.54 (-395.20)

Number of advancing stocks: 38 (Contribution +108.57)

Number of declining stocks: 187 (Contribution -503.77)

Number of unchanged stocks 0

○ Top advancing stocks

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

<6857> Advante 7370 179 47.09

<4543> Terumo 2901 57 14.99

<9843> Nitori HD 20890 495 8.14

<5803> Fujikura 5190 203 6.67

<7751> Canon 4972 71 3.50

<9766> Konami Group 14895 105 3.45

<9735> Secom 5383 46 3.03

<7741> Hoya 20870 175 2.88

<6098> Recruit Holdings 9465 26 2.56

<3092> ZOZO 5305 72 2.37

<6702> Fujitsu 3082 57 1.87

<4578> Otsuka HD 8549 50 1.64

<6501> Hitachi Ltd Sponsored ADR 3947 43 1.41

<6724> Seiko Epson Corp. Unsponsored ADR 2844 20 1.32

<4307> Nomura Research Institute 5160 39 1.28

<7731> Nikon Corp Spons 1697 26 0.84

<3382> 7 & iHD 2230 8 0.79

<2871> Nichirei 4442 39 0.64

<4506> Sumitomo Pharma 667 16 0.53

code 7832 bandai namco holdings inc. 3402 4 0.39

Top decreasing stocks

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

code 9984 softbank group corp. 8581 -164 -32.36

code 9983 first retailing co ltd. 50140 -310 -27.52

code 6367 daikin industries, ltd. unsponsored adr 19635 -765 -25.15

code 6954 fanuc corp. 4119 -146 -24.00

code 6762 tdk corporation 1921 -42 -20.72

<8035>　Tokyo Electric 25460　-190 -18.74

<4063>　Shin-Etsu Chemical 6056　-86 -14.14

<7203>　Toyota Motor 2568 -77.5 -12.74

<6758>　Sony Group 2811 -70 -11.51

<9433>　KDDI 4685 -55 -10.85

<8031>　Mitsui & Co. 3296 -146 -9.60

<8058>　Mitsubishi Corporation 2995 -91 -8.98

<6506>　Yaskawa Electric 4723 -270 -8.88

＜8015＞ Toyota Tsusho Corporation 2675 -86 -8.48

＜8766＞ Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. 5626 -171 -8.43

＜6902＞ Denso Corporation 2119 -61 -8.02

＜4911＞ Shiseido Company, Limited Sponsored ADR 3604 -232 -7.63

＜7267＞ Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 1566 -36 -7.10

＜6920＞ Laser Tech Corporation 23625 -525 -6.91

＜6273＞ SMC Corporation 64770 -2040 -6.71