[Bull and Bear Materials]
Bullish materials
- Nasdaq composite index rose (17667.56, +59.12)
- SOX index rose (5602.42, +81.55)
- VIX index decreased (11.94, -0.10)
1 dollar is equivalent to 157.00-10 yen.
- US crude oil futures rose (78.62, +0.12)
Long-term US interest rates fell.
Expectations for inflation to ease in the US.
Request for improvement in corporate value by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Bearish materials
- The Nikkei Average fell (38,720.47, -156.24).
- The NY Dow went down (38,647.10, -65.11).
- The Chicago Nikkei Futures fell (38,580, compared to Osaka -140).
Concerns about early additional rate hikes by the Bank of Japan.
Prolonged fighting in Ukraine and Israel.
Low approval rating of the Cabinet.
Notes to be aware of:
- Calculation of special settlement index (SQ) for June futures and options.
- Mining and industrial production (April).
- Tertiary industry activity index (April).
- BOJ Policy Board Meeting (Day 2), Announcement of Decisions after the Meeting.
- BOJ Governor Uchida holds a press conference.
- ChordiaTheraptics goes public.
- China's new car sales (May).
- India's Wholesale Price Index (May).
- GDP of Russia (January-March).
- Trade balance of Eurozone (April).
- ECB President Lagarde gives a speech.
- G7 summit (day 2).
- US import price index (May).
- University of Michigan Consumer Confidence Index preliminary report (June).
- Final day of the Apple Developer Conference.
- Participation of the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President in a roundtable discussion.