The Nikkei average rose by 62 yen, extending its rise for five consecutive days, with a strong wait-and-see sentiment and low movement = 30 days before the market.

Thirty days ago, the Nikkei Stock Average closed at 35,902.51 yen, up 62.52 yen compared to the previous business day, marking a five-day streak of gains. The TOPIX (Tokyo Stock Price Index) also rose by 9.63 points to 2,660.24 points. At 9:09 AM, the Nikkei peaked at 36,023.24 yen, up 183.25 yen. After the initial buying, the market struggled for direction, and with the exchange rate fluctuating towards a stronger yen at around 142 yen per dollar, there were moments of decline. In Extended hours trading, U.S. stock index futures were.

Kabushiki Shimbun22:54 ET

On the 25th, the trend of ADR = Shin-Etsu Chemical, Denso, Mitsubishi UFJ, etc. showed high values when converted to yen.

On the 25th, the ADRs (American Depositary Receipts), when converted to yen, were mostly higher compared to the Tokyo closing price from the previous Friday. In yen terms, Shin-Etsu Chemical <4063.T>, Denso <6902.T>, Mitsubishi UFJ <8306.T>, Mizuho <8411.T>, and Nomura <8604.T> all saw gains. Daiichi Sankyo <4568.T>, Sony Group Corp <6758.T>, TDK <6762.T>, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries <7011.T>, NTT <9432.T> also performed steadily. Provided by Wealth Advisors.

Kabushiki ShimbunApr 27 18:39 ET

The Nikkei average is up about 620 yen, with trading volumes led by Disco, Fujikura, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

On the afternoon of the 25th, the Nikkei average stock price was around 35,660 yen, up about 620 yen from the previous day. Vroom reported that the Chinese government is considering excluding some imported goods from the USA from the 125% retaliatory tariffs against the USA. The sense of caution regarding the US-China trade friction has eased, and at 1:08 p.m., there was a moment when the increase widened to 35,835.28 yen, up 796 yen and 13 sen. The dollar-yen exchange rate is currently at 143.60 yen per dollar, showing a trend of yen depreciation.

Kabushiki ShimbunApr 25 01:02 ET

Japan Steel Works, Horiba Manufacturing ETC.

*Japan Steel Works Ltd. (5631) is deepening its presence in India and has established a maintenance base for pelletizing machines (Nikkai Kogyo page 1) - ○ *Daiichi Hokuetsu Financial Group (7327) has reached an agreement to merge with Gunma Bank, aiming to be top class in scale and quality (Nikkai Kogyo page 3) - ○ *NTT Data Group (9613) has partnered with OpenAI to become a development and sales dealer (Nikkai Kogyo page 3) - ○ *Tokyo Electron Ltd. Unsponsored ADR (8035) has developed a new etching equipment building in Miyagi to support high-performance Semiconductors (Nikkai Kogyo page 3) - ○ *LIXIL (5938) has high-performance Aluminum windows.

Fisco JapanApr 24 19:30 ET

List of cloud breakout stocks (Part 2) [Ichimoku Kinko Hyo - List of cloud breakout stocks]

○ List of stocks breaking through the cloud market Code Stock Name Closing Price Leading Span A Leading Span B Main Board ＜1332＞ Nissui 862 882.5 866 ＜1518＞ Mitsui Matsushima HD 4235 4258.75 4272.5 ＜2108＞ Beet Sugar 2323 2401.75 2362 ＜2201＞ Morinaga Confectionery 2521 2534 2593 ＜2209＞ Imuraya G 2443 2456.75 244

Fisco JapanApr 24 18:39 ET

Prince HD, Arresti, ETC.

*Prince HD <3861> new medium-term plan, growth investment of 270 billion yen, developing India and Southeast Asia (Nikkai Industry Page 3) -○ *Kao <4452> along with Asahi Soft Drinks and 9 other companies, recycling non-food Resins for beverage PET bottles (Nikkai Industry Page 3) -○ *Nifco <7988> developed a Bumper retainer that can seal without a rubber packing (Nikkai Industry Page 9) -○ *Aresti <5852> sale of a mold subsidiary in China due to reduced orders from Japanese Autos (Nikkai Industry Page 9) -○ *Sumitomo Heavy <6302> development base established in Yokosuka.

Fisco JapanApr 21 19:17 ET