The Nikkei average started with a depreciation of 160 yen, broke the 0.04 million yen level for the first time in 17 days, and sales took the lead due to depreciation in US stocks

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Exports increased for 7 consecutive months in June, strong semiconductor-related sales - trade surplus for the first time in 3 months
Japan's exports increased 5.4% from the same month last year in June for the seventh consecutive month. The growth rate fell below market expectations of 7.2%. The trade balance after deducting imports (3.2% increase from the same period) from exports was a surplus of 224 billion yen, which was positive for the first time in 3 months. The Ministry of Finance made the announcement on the 18th.

Securities companies scramble for business opportunities and 800 billion yen fees to resolve Japanese stock holdings
The change in “Japan Co., Ltd.” seems to bring business opportunities to securities companies. Mass sales of shareholding shares (policy holdings) by financial institutions and business companies have begun, and domestic and foreign securities companies are competing over brokerage fees, which are expected to be up to 800 billion yen.

The yen was just around 156 yen against the dollar, and yen sales continued to rebound and the high price for the first time in a month
The yen exchange rate on the Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market fell to the middle of the $1 = 156 yen range on the 18th. In response to the high level of yen for the first time in a month, dollar purchases in actual demand from domestic import companies etc. are intensifying. In the morning, the increase widened from the rewind of the yen sales position to the first half of the 155 yen range at one point, triggered by an interview article with digital minister Kono Taro, who asked the Bank of Japan for interest rate hikes.

National core CPI boosted by +2.6% in June with electricity and gas subsidies halved
The June national consumer price index (core CPI excluding fresh food) announced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on the 19th was 107.8, up 2.6% from the same month last year. The government's subsidies for measures to mitigate drastic changes in electricity and gas prices were cut in half, and the increase in energy prices expanded, and the growth rate of core CPI slightly exceeded 2.5% in the previous month.

There is a buy-and-sell exchange for SoftBank G, and the depreciation of US high-tech stocks is supported by buybacks and push buybacks
$SoftBank Group(9984.JP)$It is a development of a buy-and-sell exchange. In the US stock market the day before, in addition to the NY Dow plummeting, the Nasdaq Composite Stock Price Index, which has a high high-tech stock ratio, did not stop falling and continued to fall, and the total decline for 2 business days reached just under 640 points.