Hot stocks that moved today - November 8 (Friday)

● $Nissan Motor (7201.JP)$25/3 downward revision Operating profit 150 billion yen ← 500 billion yen. The global passengers carried are set at 3.4 million units, lowering the previous estimate (3.65 million units).

Key points in the morning session: $Kato Works (6390.JP)$ hybrid self-propelled crane development, 40% fuel efficiency improvement

Stocks on the move, hot stocks
Today's Tokyo stock market saw buying leading the way. While the Dow average fell in the US stock market yesterday, the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose by 1.51%, with the semiconductor index (SOX index) up by 2.27%, providing support for the stock prices of technology and semiconductor-related companies in the Tokyo market. Additionally, ongoing earnings reports from major domestic companies for the April-September period, along with significant earnings and good performance factors, buoyed stock prices. On the other hand, the foreign exchange market saw the yen strengthen and the dollar weaken at around 153.10 yen to 1 US dollar, weighing on export-related stocks in the Tokyo market. Despite caution in assessing Trump's policies leading to some buying restraint, the market opened with a buying preference. In terms of sectors, real estate, nonferrous metals, iron & steel, information & communications, and electric appliances were among the top gainers, while pulp & paper, transportation equipment, and rubber products saw declines.

$Nippon Steel (5401.JP)$Continued rise. Full-year net profit forecast revised downward. Acquisition of US Steel expected to be approved under the Biden administration

$Nihon Kagaku Sangyo (4094.JP)$Significant continued increase. First-half operating profit up 61%. Main pharmaceutical business performing well

$Intermestic (262A.JP)$Surged sharply, with existing store revenue for October increasing by 14.3% compared to the same month last year, continuing the trend of revenue growth.

$Digital Garage (4819.JP)$Surges. The company announced on the 7th that its consolidated net loss for the first half of the 25.3 fiscal year (April-September) under IFRS was 8.58 billion yen (compared to a profit of 5.62 billion yen in the same period last year).

$JCU (4975.JP)$Stock A surged. The company announced on the 7th that its consolidated operating profit for the first half of FY25.3 (April-September) was 4.67 billion yen (an increase of 50.7% compared to the same period last year), exceeding the company's first half plan of 3.87 billion yen.

$Nissan Shatai (7222.JP)$Stock B plummeted. The company revised down its profit forecast for the current period due to higher-than-expected production costs.

$Towa (6315.JP)$Stock C nosedived. The company announced on the 7th that its consolidated operating profit for the first half of FY25.3 (April-September) was 5.26 billion yen (2.2 times higher than the same period last year), below the market consensus of 5.62 billion yen.

$ZIGExN (3679.JP)$ Stock D has plummeted. Despite a 11% increase in first-half operating profit, it fell below the consensus.

$Toyo Tanso (5310.JP)$Stock D plummeted. The company announced on the 7th that its consolidated operating profit for the 3Q cumulative FY24.12 (January-September) was 9.27 billion yen (an increase of 38.5% compared to the same period last year), below the market consensus of 8.61 billion yen.

Rating information
【Additional on November 7】Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Yamazaki Baking, etc. (Additional) Rating
【Additional on November 8th】Kachitas, TechnoPro HD, etc. (additional) Rating

Source: FISCO, MINKABU
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