[Bull and Bear Materials]
Bullish materials
The Nikkei Average rose (38525.95, +57.32).
The NY Dow rose (40743.33, +203.40).
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 NASDAQ composite index fell (17147.42, -222.78).
1 dollar = 152.70-80 yen.
Chicago Nikkei futures fell (38105, compared to Osaka -385).
The SOX index fell (4890.15, -197.47).
The VIX index rose (17.69, +1.09).
US crude oil futures fell (74.73, -1.08).
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:
Retail sales (June).
Industrial production index (June).
Department store sales (June).
Supermarket sales (June).
Number of housing starts (June).
Consumer attitude index (July).
Petroleum product prices (as of the 29th).
Implementation status of foreign exchange balance operations (June 27 - July 29).
Results of BOJ Monetary Policy Meeting.
BOJ's "Economic and price outlook report."
BoJ Governor Uchida's press conference.
Faber Company debuted on the market.
Earnings reports include Advantest <6857>, Hitachi <6501>, Panasonic HD <6752>, Denso <6902>, Mizuho <8411>, JR East <9020>, Takeda Pharmaceutical <4502>, Tokyo Electric Power HD <9501>, and others.
Australian retail revenue (June).
Australian consumer price index (June).
Chinese manufacturing PMI (July).
Taiwan GDP (April-June).
Hong Kong GDP (April-June).
Indian fiscal deficit (June).
South African trade balance (June).
German unemployment rate (Unemployment Insurance Application Rate) (July).
Eurozone consumer price index (July).
Brazil central bank announces policy interest rate
US ADP National Employment Report (July).
US employment cost index (April-June).
US MNI Chicago Purchasing Managers' Index (July).
US existing home sales contract index (June).
- FOMC announces policy interest rate.
Powell, Metta, Boeing, AIG, and others will release earnings reports.
Earnings report includes index ETF, KOSS Corp, insurance, manufacturing, Metta, Boeing, AIG, and others.