The Nikkei average started 385.37 yen higher, inheriting the high of US stocks due to FOMC.

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The final adjustment of the economic stimulus fiscal expenditure is set at 21.8 trillion yen, with pillars such as fixed amount tax cuts - according to documents.
It has been revealed that the government is finalizing the comprehensive economic measures with fiscal expenditure adjusted to around 21.8 trillion yen, including local allocations. Measures such as fixed amount income tax cuts are central, but the scale is reduced compared to the measures taken in the past few years since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.

Toyota to raise hourly wages at US assembly line in response to agreement with UAW and Big Three.
$Toyota Motor (7203.JP)$As major Detroit auto manufacturers in the United States have reached a provisional agreement in labor negotiations with the United Auto Workers (UAW), they will raise the wages of assembly line workers in the US.

Advantest - Buy indication as US long-term interest rates fall, SOX index rises more than 2%, Qualcomm earnings also seen as a factor.
$Advantest (6857.JP)$It is indicated to buy. Factors include the rise of the Philadelphia Semiconductor Stock Index (SOX Index) due to the drop in US long-term interest rates.

Astellas Pharma - Sell indication as full-year net profit outlook revised downward by 67%, first half down by 67%.
$Astellas Pharma (4503.JP)$Indicated to sell. The company announced on the 1st a downward revision of the consolidated net profit forecast for the 24.3 fiscal year to 85 billion yen (13.9% decrease from the previous year) from the previous 204 billion yen.

Orix - Sell indication despite a 5% increase in first-half net profit falling short of market consensus.
$ORIX (8591.JP)$Indicated to sell. The company announced that the consolidated net profit (US standard) for the first half of the 24.3 fiscal year (April-September) was 128.1 billion yen (4.7% increase from the same period last year) on the 1st.

三菱ＵＦＪ銀が定期預金金利引き上げ、10年は100倍の0.2％に
$Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (8306.JP)$（ＭＵＦＧ）傘下の三菱ＵＦＪ銀行は１日、5－10年の定期預金金利を大幅に引き上げると発表した。６日から適用する。10年定期の金利は現行の0.002％から0.2％と2012年以来の高水準になる。

ソフトバンク社債型の新株、きょうプライム上場 個人の申し込み9割超
$SoftBank Group (9984.JP)$（SBG）の国内通信子会社、 $SoftBank (9434.JP)$の新型株「社債型種類株式」が2日、東証プライム市場に上場する。自己資本を充実させる株式と株主の議決権を希薄化しない社債の特徴を併せ持ち、上場は国内で初めてだ。