[Strong and weak materials]

Bullish material

・The Nikkei Average rose (39277.96, +340.42)

・The NY Dow rose (42512.00, +431.63)

・The Nasdaq Composite Index rose (18291.62, +108.70)

・1 dollar = 149.10-20 yen

・Chicago Nikkei futures rose (39665, +375 compared to Osaka)

・The SOX index rose (5321.90, +55.80)

・The VIX Index declined (20.86, -0.56)

・Expectations that US inflation will calm down

・Active share buybacks

・Request for improvement of corporate value by the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Bearish material

・US crude oil futures declined (73.24, -0.33)

・Long-term US interest rates have risen

・Prolonged fighting in Ukraine and Israel

・Concerns about China's recession

・Uncertainty about the future of the US presidential election

Things to keep in mind

・Last trading date for options in 10 months

・Domestic Corporate Goods Price Index (September)

・Bank Lending Trends (September)

・5-year government bond bid

・Tokyo Office Vacancy Rate (September)

・Used car sales volume (September)

・Bank of Japan “Questionnaire Survey on Lifestyle Attitudes”

・Bank of Japan Vice Governor Himino gives a speech

・Financial results announcements such as 7 & iHD (3382) and Fast Rite (9983))

・Nobel Prize in Literature announced

・Brazilian retail sales in a broad sense (August)

・Brazil Retail Sales (August)

・U.S. Consumer Price Index (September)

・Number of new US unemployment insurance claims (last week)

・The President of the US NY Federal Reserve gave a keynote speech at the meeting

・US 30-year treasury bond bid

・Taiwan is closed