As of the market close on the 11th, there were 129 stocks that rose, 94 that fell, and 2 that remained unchanged in the Nikkei Average constituent stocks.

The U.S. stock market continued to decline on the 10th. The Dow Inc fell by 154.10 dollars to 44,247.83 dollars, while the Nasdaq closed down 49.45 points at 19,687.24. Material difficulties led to mixed trading, initially varied after the start. The Dow faced selling pressure due to high price caution, remaining weak throughout the day. The Nasdaq was temporarily boosted by Alphabet's rise but fell due to selling spurred by high interest rates and declines in Oracle Corp and NVIDIA in the semiconductor sector, ultimately transitioning to a drop. As the end approached, with the domestic Consumer Price Index (CPI) announcement set for the next day, profit-taking intensified, expanding the drop.

Despite the decline in the U.S. stock market, Tokyo's market started trading mixed due to the exchange rate remaining around 152 yen per dollar, indicating a weak yen and strong dollar compared to the previous day. The Nikkei Average, which had been oscillating at the previous day's closing price level, dipped slightly but rebounded after finding support in the 39,100 yen range due to the strength of financial stocks. With tonight's U.S. CPI announcement approaching, the wait-and-see mood was strong, and the trading volume in the Main Board fell below 4 trillion yen.

The Nikkei Average at market close was 39,372.23 yen, up 4.65 yen (+0.01%) compared to the previous day. The trading volume on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Main Board was 1.7 billion and 7.03 million shares. The trading value was 3 trillion 841.2 billion yen. By sector, banks, insurance, textiles, Precision Instruments, and other financials rose, while Electricity, Gas, Mining, Glass, Pharmaceuticals, and Rubber Products fell. The percentage of rising stocks in the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Main Board was 50%, while declining stocks were 45%.

The top contributor to the rise was Fast Retailing <9983>, which pushed up the Nikkei Average by approximately 17 yen with one stock. The second was Suzuki <7269>, followed by Kddi Corporation <9433>, Kikkoman <2801>, Ryohin Keikaku <7453>, Fujikura <5803>, and Sony Group Corp <6758>.

On the other hand, the top contributor to the decline was SoftBank Group <9984>, which pushed down the Nikkei Average by approximately 20 yen with one stock. The second was Tokyo Electron <8035>, followed by Advantest <6857>, Shin-Etsu Chemical <4063>, Disco <6146>, Daiichi Sankyo <4568>, and DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD. Unsponsored ADR <6367>.

*As of 15:00

Nikkei Average Stock Price 39372.23 (+4.65)

Number of rising stocks 129 (Contribution +135.51)

Number of falling stocks 94 (Contribution -130.86)

Number of unchanged stocks: 2

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