Today's moving stocks, hot stocks - October 18th (Friday)

moomooニュース日本株 wrote a column · Oct 18, 2024 10:23

Today's moving stocks, hot stocks - October 18th (Friday)

moomoo users, good morning! We will deliver the hot stocks and latest rating information from the morning session.

Today's positive and negative factors.
10/18 [Strength and Weakness Materials]

3 Points to Watch in the Morning Session
● Improvement in sentiment due to Disco's earnings reaction. The earnings content is positive, and it will be interesting to see if the rebound strengthens.

● $Disco (6146.JP)$ Disclosure of 4-12 month performance forecast: Consolidated operating profit of 105.2 billion yen. The shipping amount is expected to be 297.9 billion yen. For the second quarter performance ending March 2025, revenue increased by 41.8% year-on-year to 179.43 billion yen, and operating profit increased by 68.7% to 75.952 billion yen. Shipments of precision processing equipment are steadily progressing with a focus on high value-added products.

Highlights of the morning session: $Air Water (4088.JP)$ New building in Hokkaido, Ishikari, production of LNG transportation vehicles increased by 50%.

Active stocks, hot stocks
In the U.S. market on the 17th, the NY Dow rose 161 points, while the Nasdaq was up 6 points. Optimism about the economy has once again spread as September's U.S. retail sales exceeded financial estimates. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) exceeded expectations, leading to a sense of confidence in semiconductor stocks. On the 18th in the Japanese stock market, after a round of buying, it is likely to develop into a market stalemate. In the foreign exchange market, the dollar has been trending towards the 150 yen range, making it easier to focus on export-related industries. By sector, pharmaceuticals, precision instruments, other products, banking, and transportation equipment are among the top gainers, while electrical and gas companies, marine transportation, air transportation, rubber products, and wholesale trade are among the top losers.

$Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (8306.JP)$ Banking stocks, such as Mizuho Financial Group, have risen for 6 consecutive days. U.S. retail sales in September exceeded market expectations, and the weekly initial jobless claims decreased from the previous week, highlighting the resilience of the U.S. economy. As a result, there is a growing expectation that the pace of interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) will slow down. Investors are perceiving the increasing pressure on U.S. interest rates and are directing funds towards banking stocks that benefit from interest rate hikes.
Related Stocks: $Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (8306.JP)$、 $SBI Sumishin Net Bank (7163.JP)$、 $Rakuten Bank (5838.JP)$、 $Kyoto Financial Group (5844.JP)$、 $Hachijuni Bank (8359.JP)$ 、 $Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (8316.JP)$

$Nihon Kohden (6849.JP)$ Company A is showing a significant rebound. The first-half operating profit has been upwardly revised from the previous estimate of 3 billion yen to 5 billion yen, a 33.3% decrease from the same period last year. On the other hand, the net profit has been downwardly revised from 1.5 billion yen to 0.5 billion yen. Domestic sales are exceeding expectations due to strong sales of AED in the PAD market.

$Sansan (4443.JP)$ Company B is soaring significantly. Nomura Securities has upgraded the investment rating from "Neutral" to "Buy" and raised the target stock price from 2500 yen to 2700 yen. Despite the softening of stock prices following weak first-quarter operating results, the fundamentals indicated by adjusted operating profit are strong. The improvement in gross profit margin is the main reason for the upward revision of performance forecasts.

$Geocode (7357.JP)$ Company C briefly hit the daily price increase limit, commencing the provision of comprehensive security services for WordPress. As a search engine optimization (SEO) consulting company, the company has mainly used WordPress to build many websites and is leveraging its extensive experience to offer new plans.

$DeNA (2432.JP)$ Company D is surging. It appears that the stock has been influenced by the news that the new game "Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket" under development by a collaboration between the company and Nintendo has exceeded 6 million preregistered users worldwide.
Related Stocks: $Nintendo (7974.JP)$

$AppBank (6177.JP)$ Company E is surging. At 10:30 am on the 18th, the company announced a business partnership with CLIMATESTAR’S (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo) to expand the IP collaboration event aimed at revitalizing the region through utilizing IPs developed by the company.

$Secure (4264.JP)$ Surged for the first time in 4 days. After the close of trading on the 17th, it was announced that sales of the AI action detection and notification platform "SECURE AI BOX Lite" had begun.

$Kasumigaseki Capital (3498.JP)$ Plunged significantly. It has announced the issuance of 2029 maturity Euro-yen CBs. The total amount of bonds is 22 billion yen, with a conversion price of 17,710 yen, resulting in a 10.00% increase from the previous day's closing price.

$Tokyo Electron (8035.JP)$ Continued declining for 3 days. On the 17th, the American media 'THE INFORMATION' reported that US authorities are investigating transactions between Taiwan's semiconductor manufacturing giant TSMC and Huawei (China). In response to the report, stocks of the company and other semiconductor-related companies are being sold off.
Related Stocks: $Screen Holdings (7735.JP)$、 $Lasertec (6920.JP)$

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Source: FISCO, MINKABU
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