At the closing price on the 15th, the number of rising stocks in the Nikkei Stock Average constituent stocks was 159, the number of falling stocks was 65, and the number of unchanged stocks was 1. The top rising contributions were First Retailing <9983>, which pushed the Nikkei Stock Average up by about 83 yen with a single stock. The second place was taken by Tohoku Electric <8035>, followed by SoftBank Group <9984>, Chugai Pharmaceutical <4519>, Dentsu Group <4324>, Laser Tech <6920>, and Bandai Namco HD <7832>, etc. On the other hand, the top contributor to the decline was Recruit HD <6098>, declining by about 19 yen in the Nikkei Stock Average with a single stock. The second place was Advantest <6857>, followed by Shin-Etsu Chemical <4063>, Keyence <6861>, Terumo <4543>, Sony Group <6758>, and Murata Manufacturing <6981>, etc.

The US stock market rose on the 14th. The Dow Jones rose 242.75 points (+0.61%) to 40008.39. Nasdaq rose 4.99 points (+0.03%) to 17192.60, and the S&P500 closed at 5455.21 (+20.78 points, +0.38%). With the confirmation of continued inflation slowdown in the July Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the expectation of a rate cut, buying continued after the market opened, followed by a rise. At the same time, as expected, the purchase expectation of aggressive interest rate cuts retreated, and Nasdaq subsequently turned downward. The pessimistic view on the economy retreated and Dow rose and expanded its gain towards the end of the day. Nasdaq barely returned to positive territory and closed.

The Tokyo market opened with a buying trend due to the materialization of real GDP growth in Q2, which increased by 3.1% annually, the first positive growth in two quarters. As the exchange rate returned to the 147 yen level, the Nikkei average rose to the 36,800 yen level, up to the 200-day moving average of 36,984 yen. Although the trading volume decreased compared to last week to the 4 trillion yen level, value stocks such as mega banks were bought, and some voices said that there were purchases due to pension fund rebalancing.

The Nikkei average at the close was 36,726.64 yen, up 284.21 yen (+0.78%) from the previous day. The trading volume on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market was 1.7 billion 50.93 million shares, with a trading value of 4 trillion 403.5 billion yen. Among sectors, the banking industry, securities and commodity futures trading, and petroleum and coal products, marine transportation, non-ferrous metals, and other industries rose, while service industries, air transportation, chemicals, land transportation, electric appliances, and other industries fell. Of the stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market, the number of gainers was 61.8%, compared to 35.0% losers.

The top rising contributor was First Retailing <9983>, pushing the Nikkei Stock Average up by about 83 yen with a single stock. The second place was taken by Tohoku Electric <8035>, followed by SoftBank Group <9984>, Chugai Pharmaceutical <4519>, Dentsu Group <4324>, Laser Tech <6920>, and Bandai Namco HD <7832>, etc.

On the other hand, the top contributor to the decline was Recruit HD <6098>, declining by about 19 yen in the Nikkei Stock Average with a single stock. The second place was Advantest <6857>, followed by Shin-Etsu Chemical <4063>, Keyence <6861>, Terumo <4543>, Sony Group <6758>, and Murata Manufacturing <6981>, etc.

* As of 15:00

Nikkei Stock Average Market Price 36726.64(+284.21)

Number of rising shares 159 (Contribution +414.32)

Number of decreasing stocks 65 (contribution -130.11)

Number of unchanged issues　1

○ Top advancing stocks

Code, Stock Name, Latest Price, Day Change, Contribution

<9983> First Retailing 41210 850 83.36

<8035> Tohoku Electric 27620 395 38.74

<9984> SoftBank Group 8187 173 33.93

<4519> Chugai Pharmaceutical 6588 210 20.60

<4324> Dentsu Group 4250 380 12.42

<6920> Laser Tech 28540 915 11.96

<7832> Bandai Namco HD 2921 90 8.83

<6146> Disco 45180 1330 8.70

<7267> Honda 1547 42 8.14

<9433> KDDI 4578 40 7.85

<6954> Fanuc Corp 4076 46 7.52

<6526> Socionext 3152 230 7.52

<7203> Toyota Motor 2658 42 6.78

<8015> Toyota Tsusho 2648 69 6.72

＜2413＞ M3, 1246, 81, 6.36

＜7269＞ Suzuki, 1705, 44, 5.75

＜8058＞ Mitsubishi Corporation, 2946, 55, 5.34

＜2801＞ Kikkoman, 1712, 29, 4.66

＜7270＞ Subaru Corp Unsponsored ADR, 2702, 134, 4.38

＜6902＞ Denso, 2256, 31, 3.99

Top decreasing stocks

Code, Stock Name, Latest Price, Day Change, Contribution

＜6098＞ Recruit Holdings, 8286, -201, -19.71

＜6857＞ Advance, 6235, -63, -16.48

＜4063＞ Shin-Etsu Chemical, 6067, -91, -14.87

＜6861＞ Keyence, 64420, -2580, -8.43

＜4543＞ Terumo, 2665, -30, -7.85

＜6758＞ Sony Group Corp, 12880, -200, -6.54

＜6981＞ Murata Manufacturing, 2895, -53.5, -4.20

＜3092＞ ZOZO, 4279, -127, -4.15

＜6762＞ TDK, 9594, -42, -4.12

＜6645＞ Omron, 5337, -93, -3.04

＜8801＞ Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd, 1471, -28, -2.75

＜9843＞ Nitori Holdings, 19360, -155, -2.53

＜7974＞ Nintendo Co Ltd, 7898, -76, -2.48

＜6988＞ Nippon Electric Glass Co Ltd, 11070, -70, -2.29

oriental land co., ltd. unsponsored adr 4661 -67 -2.19

SMC 6273 64400 -630 -2.06

a-reit etf 8267 -61 -1.99

MinebeaMitsumi 6479 2963 -54 -1.77

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd. 8830 4613 -47 -1.54

TDK Corporation 6976 3661 -45 -1.47