[Bullish and Bearish Materials]

Bullish materials

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose (42,635.20, +106.84).

• 1 Dollar = 158.30-40 Yen

• VIX Index decreased (17.70, -0.12)

Active share buybacks

• The Tokyo Stock Exchange's request for corporate value enhancement

Bearish materials

• Nasdaq Composite Index fell (19478.88, -10.80)

• Nikkei Average fell (39981.06, -102.24)

• Chicago Nikkei Futures fell (39935, -25)

The SOX Index fell (5162.35, -49.90).

US crude oil Futures declined (73.32, -0.93).

US long-term interest rates rose

・Fighting in Ukraine and Israel prolongs

Concerns about a slowdown in China's economy.

Points to note

・January limitSingle OptionLast Trading Day

Monthly Labor Statistics (November).

・Foreign and domestic securities trading contracts (last week)

・30-year government bond auction

・New car sales by vehicle name (December)

・Tokyo office vacancy rate (December)

・ Bank of Japan Branch Managers' Meeting

・Bank of Japan 'Regional Economic Report (Sakura Report)' (January)

・7&iHD<3382>, First Retail<9983> and others announce earnings

・Australia's trade balance (November)

・Australia's Retail Sales (November)

・Germany's Industrial Production Index (November)

・Germany's Trade Balance (November)

・Eurozone Retail Sales (November)

・Brazil's Retail Sales (November)

・USA's wholesale inventory (November)

・China's Total Fundraising Amount (December, by the 15th)

・China's Money Supply (December, by the 15th)

・New loans in yuan (as of December, by the 15th).

・Consumer Price Index in China (as of December, by the 12th).

・Producer Price Index in China (as of December, by the 12th).

・President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia gives a speech on economic outlook.

・President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond gives a speech at the Virginia Bankers Association.