At the closing time on the 22nd, the number of rising stocks in the Nikkei average constituent stocks was 148, the number of declining stocks was 74, and the number of unchanged stocks was 3.

The US stock market rose on the 21st. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 43,870.35, up 461.88 points, while the Nasdaq closed at 18,972.42, up 6.28 points. Geopolitical risks eased, leading to an increase after the opening. Chicago Fed President Goolsbee indicated that next year's interest rates are likely to be below the current level, which spurred buying on the interest rate decline prospects, pushing up the market. Although the Nasdaq struggled due to the rise in long-term interest rates, positive sentiment from Nvidia's semiconductor earnings provided support for purchases and managed to barely maintain the positive territory before closing.

Taking cues from the rise in US stocks, the Tokyo market started trading with a slightly bullish bias. The Nikkei started around 38,100 yen and was lifted to the 38,400 yen range driven by the rise in semiconductor stocks like Advantest <6857> and Tokyo Electron <8035>. Although it closed the morning session in the high range, concerns about the resistance around 38,500 yen level limited a strong upward movement with trading accompanied by a sense of heaviness on the upside.

The Nikkei average at the closing was 38,283.85 yen, up 257.68 yen (+0.68%) from the previous day. The trading volume on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market was 1.681 million shares. The trading value was 3.7897 trillion yen. By global sectors, petroleum/coal, textiles, nonferrous metals, services, and mining sectors rose, while only the marine shipping, pharmaceutical, electricity/gas, transportation equipment, and precision instruments sectors declined. The number of advancing stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market is 67%, while the number of declining stocks is 28%.

The top contributor to the rise was Fast Retailing <9983>, which pushed the Nikkei average up by about 48 yen with one stock. The second place was East Japan Railway <8035>, followed by Recruit Holdings <6098>, Advantest <6857>, NTT Data Group <9613>, Konami <9766>, Nitori Holdings <9843>, and others.

On the other hand, the top contributor to the decline was Chugai Pharmaceutical <4519>, which pushed the Nikkei average down by about 11 yen with one stock. The second place was Suzuki <7269>, followed by Daiichi Sankyo <4568>, Omron <6645>, TDK <6762>, Daikin Industries, Ltd. Unsponsored ADR <6367>, Nidec Corporation Sponsored ADR <6594>, and others.

* As of 15:00

Nikkei Average Stock Price 38,283.85 (+257.68)

Number of advancing stocks: 148 (contribution +330.66)

Number of declining stocks: 74 (contribution -72.98)

Number of unchanged stocks 3

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