Good morning, moomoo users!Here is the opening situation this morning. Thank you.
Market Overview
In today's Tokyo stock market, the Nikkei average stock price started at 39,056.93 yen, a decrease of 466.62 yen from the previous business day, and the Tokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX) started at 2,732.29, down by 27.35 points.
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The possibility of a gradual return of yen-denominated bonds by life insurance companies, while being cautious about foreign bond investments, will be announced in the investment plan starting this week.
Following the end of the Bank of Japan's negative interest rate policy, life insurance companies are likely to increase their holdings of Japanese government bonds in the 2024 fiscal year. It is expected that financial policy normalization will proceed cautiously, with investment in ultra-long-term bonds continuing in a rising interest rate environment. On the other hand, there is a possibility of increasing open foreign bonds while managing exchange rate risks.
The yen is in the low 153 yen range against the dollar, exhibiting nervous movements due to uncertainty surrounding the Middle East situation.
In the Tokyo foreign exchange market on the 15th, the yen exchange rate remained in the low 153 yen range per dollar. Following Iran's attack on Israel over the weekend, early trading saw a scene where risk-averse yen buying took the lead. The market is now at a stage of discerning the direction of the Middle East situation...

Good morning to all moomoo users!Here's an overview of this morning's turnaround. Thank you in advance.
Market Overview
Today's Nikkei Stock Average began at 39622.58 yen, 117.86 yen lower than the previous business day, and the Tokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX) fell 3.95 points at 2718.04.
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Bank of Japan to decide to raise interest rates for the first time in 17 years today - Governor Ueda holds a press conference in the afternoon
The results of the high-profile monetary policy meeting where the Bank of Japan discusses entering the normalization phase of monetary policy will also be announced in the afternoon of the 19th, and it is expected that interest rate hikes etc. for the first time in 17 years will be decided. President Kazuo Ueda is scheduled to hold a press conference at 3:30 p.m.
Significant wage increases for the first time in 33 years, and expectations for domestic demand stocks and small to medium stock purchases in Japan due to consumption stimulation
In response to the fact that the wage increase rate for the 2024 spring battle reached a high level of over 5% for the first time in 33 years, there is a sense of expectation that buying opportunities will come to domestic demand stocks and small to medium stocks that have been lagging behind until now in the Japanese stock market.
Bank of Japan policy “feeling of going through normalization,” major securities companies are also preparing for a turning point
Wakamatsu Hirokazu, Executive Officer and Market Operation Manager of Tokyo Tanshi, OK...