At the closing of the 28th, the number of rising stocks in the Nikkei average composition stocks was 65, the number of declining stocks was 155, and the number of unchanged stocks was 5.

The Nikkei average fell slightly. It ended the morning session trading at 38,199.52 yen (down 89.10 yen or -0.23%) with a trading volume of approximately 0.6 billion 90 million shares.

The U.S. stock market rose slightly on the 27th. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 41,250.50 dollars, up 9.98 points or 0.02%, the Nasdaq rose 29.05 points or 0.16% to 17,754.82, and the S&P 500 rose 8.96 points or 0.16% to 5,625.80. After opening lower due to the rise in long-term interest rates, the market recovered as the August consumer confidence index unexpectedly improved. In anticipation of Nvidia's earnings announcement for semiconductor manufacturing, the high-tech sector rose, providing support to the market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average barely recovered into positive territory towards the end of the day. The Dow has set record highs for consecutive days.

While U.S. stocks rose slightly, the Tokyo market started with a slight downward trend due to the yen's appreciation and the dollar's depreciation compared to the previous day. The Nikkei average, which started with a slight decrease, saw little buying and selling activity and remained relatively unchanged from the previous day's closing level. With the upcoming Nvidia earnings announcement, active trading was restrained, and the trading value in the morning session's main market remained at 1.6 trillion yen.

In the Nikkei average constituent stocks, resource-related stocks such as Idemitsu Kosan and Inpex fell due to the decline in crude oil prices, as well as Sumitomo Chemical and Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals, which are promoting structural reforms. Additionally, Aozora Bank, SUMCO, Taiyo Yuden, Taiheiyo Cement, SoftBank Group, and Tokyo Electron were sold.

On the other hand, Toyota Motor surged due to expectations of additional share buybacks, and JTEKT continued to be bought due to expectations of its medium-term management plan. Furthermore, Rakuten Group recovered in the 1000 yen range with a year-to-date high following a positive report from a securities firm. Advantest, Laser Tech, Daiichi Sankyo, DIC, TOPPAN Holdings, Sony Group, and others were also bought.

By industry, pulp and paper, mining, petroleum and coal products, metal products, and fisheries and agriculture declined, while transportation equipment, pharmaceuticals, precision instruments, insurance, and service industries rose.

The top contributor to the decline was Tokyo Electron <8035>, which pushed the Nikkei average down by about 45 yen. SoftBank Group <9984> took second place, followed by Fast Retailing <9983>, TDK <6762>, Fanuc <6954>, Shin-Etsu Chemical <4063>, Daikin <6367>, and others.

On the other hand, the top contributor to the price increase was Advantest <6857>, which pushed up the Nikkei average by about 48 yen with one share. The second place was Daiichi Sankyo <4568>, followed by Toyota <7203>, KDDI <9433>, Laser Tech <6920>, Sony Group <6758>, Kyocera <6971>, etc.

*As of 11:30.

Nikkei Average Stock Price 38199.52(-89.10)

Number of increasing stocks 65 (contribution +151.21)

Number of decreasing stocks 155 (contribution -240.31)

Number of unchanged stocks 5

○ Top advancing stocks

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

<6857> Advantec 6310 185 48.38

<4568> Daiichi Sankyo 6007 173 16.97

<7203> Toyota Motor 2734 90 14.71

<9433> KDDI 4899 53 10.40

<6920> Laser Tech 28260 680 8.89

<6758> Sony Group 13945 165 5.39

<6971> Kyocera 1745 15 3.92

<7741> HOYA 20590 220 3.60

<4578> Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. 8643 101 3.30

<4755> Rakuten Group 1027 85 2.78

<6841> Yokogawa Electric Corporation 4074 80 2.62

<9613> NTT Data Corporation. 2204 16 2.53

<9735> Secom Co., Ltd. 10630 75 2.45

<4021> Nissan Chemical Corporation 4989 68 2.22

<7267> Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 1572 11 2.06

<3659> Nexon Co., Ltd. 2934 22 1.41

<2502> Asahi GHD 5407 42 1.37

<6473> JTEKT 1123 40 1.31

<9843> Nitori HD 22420 80 1.31

<4507> Shionogi Pharmaceutical 6685 32 1.05

Top decreasing stocks

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

<8035> Tokyo Electron 25735 -465 -45.60

<9984> SoftBank Group 8371 -170 -33.34

<9983> First Retail 46410 -210 -20.60

<6762> TDK 9442 -150 -14.71

<6954> Fanuc 4181 -51 -8.34

<4063> Shin-Etsu Chemical 6405 -49 -8.01

<6367> Daikin Industries 18455 -230 -7.52

<6273> SMC 65820 -1340 -4.38

<4704> Trend Micro 8682 -125 -4.09

<7974> Nintendo 7928 -120 -3.92

<6988> Nippon Electric Works 11630 -120 -3.92

<6976> Taiyo Yuden 3363 -94 -3.07

<3382> 7&iHD 2093 -29.5 -2.89

<7751> Canon 4974 -57 -2.80

<7733> Olympus 2671 -20.5 -2.68

<6146> Disco 41250 -400 -2.62

<6861> Keyence 69430 -720 -2.35

<1925> Daiwa House Industry 4465 -70 -2.29

shiseido company,limited sponsored adr 3349 -65 -2.12

mitsui & co., ltd. 3001 -32 -2.09