The number of gains and falls of the Nikkei average constituent stocks at the time of the 2-day closing was 2 stocks unchanged, 100 stocks with price increases and 123 stocks with price drops.
The US stock market was mixed on May 1. The Dow average closed at 37903.29 dollars, which was 87.37 dollars higher (+ 0.23%), the NASDAQ was 52.34 points lower (-0.33%) at 15605.48, and the S&P 500 closed at 5018.39, which was 17.30 points lower (-0.34%). Employment statistics in the private sector surpassed expectations and were mixed. While the outlook intensified ahead of the announcement of the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) results, the market remained steady as long-term interest rates declined because the number of March JOLT job offers and the April ISM manufacturing business climate index fell below expectations. After that, the US Federal Reserve (Fed) decided to leave policy interest rates unchanged as predicted by the FOMC, and although Chairman Powell stated “there is little possibility that the next action will raise interest rates,” the threat to interest rate hikes receded, and buybacks accelerated. It stalled towards the end of the game, the Dow reduced its gains, and the NASDAQ fell into a negative zone again, and ended.
US stocks were mixed, but since the exchange rate showed rough price movements, such as the appreciation of the yen and depreciation of the dollar progressing to the 153 yen level of 1 dollar at one time overseas time, the Tokyo market began trading with a selling advantage. The Nikkei Average fell below 38,000 yen after the donation, but there was also a scene where the decline gradually narrowed and reversed after the first round of sales in response to the settlement of exchange rates. Since there were few participants in the valley of the major holidays and they were limited to position adjustment trading, there was a slight movement at the 75-day moving average level.
The closing Nikkei average was 38236.07 yen, 37.98 yen (-0.10%) lower than the previous day. The trading volume on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market is 1,492.74 million shares, and the trading price is 4,206.1 billion yen. By industry, shipping, air transport, warehousing/transportation-related businesses, chemicals, banking, etc. declined, while electric/gas, real estate, insurance, wholesale, pharmaceuticals, etc. rose. Stocks that have risen in price on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market are 39%, while stocks that have dropped in price are 56%.
The top contributor to price drops became Fast Rette ＜9983＞, which pushed down the Nikkei Average by about 36 yen with 1 stock. The same 2nd place was TDK ＜6762＞, followed by Shin-Etsu ＜4063＞, Advantest ＜6857＞, Mitsubishi ＜8058＞, Murata ＜6981＞, Otsuka HD ＜4578＞, etc.
Meanwhile, the top contributor to price increases became Daiichi Sankyo ＜4568＞, which boosted the Nikkei Average by about 16 yen with 1 stock. Lasertec ＜6920＞ came in the same 2nd place, followed by Olympus ＜7733＞, Toyota Tsusho ＜8015＞, Toelectric ＜8035＞, Chugai Pharmaceutical ＜4519＞, ITOCHU ＜8001＞, etc.
* As of 15:00
Nikkei Stock Average 38236.07 (-37.98)
Number of rising stocks 100 (contribution +151.85)
Number of stocks that have dropped in price 123 (contribution - 189.83)
Number of unchanged stocks 2
○Top stocks that have risen in price
Code stock's recent price contribution compared to the previous day
＜4568＞ Daiichi Sankyo 5502 167 16.38
＜6920＞ Lasertec 40670 920 12.03
＜7733＞ Olympus 2256 65 8.50
＜8015＞ Toyota Tsusho 10025 237 7.75
＜8035＞ East Electric 35010 70 6.87
＜4519＞ Chugai Pharmaceutical 5094 68 6.67
＜8001＞ ITOCHU CORPORATION 7331 200 6.54
＜8053＞ Sumitomo Corporation 4300 180 5.88
＜4503＞ Astellas Pharma 1558 33 5.39
＜6902＞ DENSO 2682 38 4.97
＜4901＞ FUJIFILM 3413 44 4.32
＜8031＞ Mitsui & Co. 7681 123 4.02
＜8766＞ Tokio Marine HD 5050 77 3.78
＜9433＞ KDDI 4422 19 3.73
＜9843＞ NITORI HD 20905 205 3.35
＜8801＞ Mitsui Fudosan 1619 31 2.99
＜6954＞ FANUC 4677 18 2.94
＜6724＞ Seiko Epson 2590 40 2.62
＜6146＞ Disco 46490 370 2.42
＜8697＞ JPX 3614 57 1.86
○Top stocks that have dropped in price
Code stock's recent price contribution compared to the previous day
＜9983＞ Fast Lite 40820 -370 -36.29
＜6762＞ TDK 6943 -218 -21.38
＜4063＞ Shin-Etsu Chemical 5989 -85 -13.89
＜6857＞ Advantage 5107 -35 -9.15
＜8058＞ Mitsubishi Corporation 3544 -90 -8.83
＜6981＞ Murata Manufacturing 2798 -77.5 -6.08
＜4578＞ Otsuka HD 6382 -179 -5.85
＜6988＞ Nitto Denko 12850 -165 -5.39
＜9735＞ SECOM 10690 -165 -5.39
＜6594＞ Nidec 7254 -165 -4.32
＜7203＞ Toyota 3581 -24 -3.92
＜7741＞ HOYA 18225 -210 -3.43
＜6976＞ Taiyo Yuden 3604 -103 -3.37
＜9766＞ Konami G 9345 -101 -3.30
＜3659＞ Nexon 2470 -46 -3.01
＜4911＞ Shiseido 4268 -86 -2.81
＜3382＞ 7 & iHD 2028 -23.5 -2.30
＜7270 ＞ SUBARU 3437 -70 -2.29
＜6971＞ Kyocera 1900 -8.5 -2.22
＜7974＞ Nintendo 7575 -62 -2.03