Gunosy<6047>: 810 yen (-67 yen)
Significant decline. GaragePreneurs in India announced that it will be excluded from the company subject to equity method accounting. It has decided to suspend the dispatch of directors that it had been implementing and has submitted resignation letters. Regarding investment, it is stated that it will continue to hold the shares for the medium to long term growth of the group as an important pillar. In the field with high growth expectations, there is a preceding movement that views the exclusion from equity method accounting as a negative.
Serucis<3663>: 1119 yen (+120 yen)
Significant increase. It was announced the previous day that it has received approval from the Tokyo Stock Exchange and will change its listing market classification from the Standard Market to the Prime Market as of September 25th. Although the company has previously announced preparations for promotion and was a stock that was highly expected to be promoted, the formal decision has led to a preceding movement to anticipate purchasing demand from future TOPIX-linked funds, etc. The supply-demand generation date is expected to be at the end of October.
Sumitomo Bake<4203>: 3849 yen (+194 yen)
Significant increase. It has been reported that Sumitomo Chemical plans to transfer a portion of its shareholdings to Singapore's Government Investment Corporation through off-market transactions. The number of shares to be transferred is 6.51 million9021 shares, and the transfer price is 3,476 yen. As a result, Sumitomo Chemical's ownership ratio will decrease from 22.62% on September 20th to 15.61%. On the other hand, the ownership ratio of Singapore's Government Investment Corporation will increase to 7.02%, and there seems to be anticipation for further buying and other speculative movements in the future.
Yashima Denki<3153>: 1790 yen (+194 yen)
Significant increase. The company announced an upward revision of its performance for the fiscal year ending in March 2025 the previous day. Operating profit was raised from the previous forecast of 4.2 billion yen to 4.6 billion yen, an increase of 18.1% compared to the previous year. Engineering projects such as auxiliary facilities construction and maintenance/renovation of power facilities related to semiconductor manufacturing, air conditioning equipment for datacenters, and updating of electrical facilities for transportation businesses are performing better than expected. The early upward revision also has a strong impact.
Toyota <7203>: 2,625 yen (+140 yen)
Significant increase. In the previous day's FOMC meeting, a 0.5% interest rate cut was decided, which was more than the expected 0.25% cut. However, the U.S. stock market initially rose but then fell, and long-term U.S. interest rates also rose, which is a unexpected move. Due to the rise in long-term U.S. interest rates, the foreign exchange market has also shifted to a high dollar and weak yen trend, causing concerns about a strong yen to greatly diminish. This has led to increased confidence in buying automobile stocks such as Toyota, which benefit from a weak yen.
Exawizards <4259>: 310 yen (+15 yen)
Significant rebound. After the close of trading on the 18th, it was announced that the AI model in the operation of Kansai Electric Power Group's E-Flow system for grid storage batteries has started full operation. This has led to buying based on positive expectations. The AI model calculates the conditions for optimal trading of grid storage battery power and E-Flow's system has started operating in multiple power markets, with plans to eventually operate in three power markets. It is expected to create daily bidding plans taking into account a wide range of big data, and to be able to trade under the optimal conditions.
AmbiDX <3300>: 1,834 yen (+21 yen)
Continued increase, reaching a year-to-date high. After the close of trading on the 18th, subsidiary Ambition Ventures and cutting-edge IoT platform Axellab announced a capital business alliance, leading to buying based on positive sentiment. They aim to achieve the efficient management of property services, improve services through the utilization of real estate data, accelerate digital transformation in the real estate industry, and enhance the added value of properties by leveraging their strengths to create innovative services in the real estate industry.
Cybertrust <4498>: 2,020 yen (+35 yen)
Rebound. After the close of trading on the 18th, Stem Inc. announced a collaboration with Japanese companies to achieve secure and stable long-term operation of LinuxOS systems, which has been well received. Through this collaboration, Stem Inc. will provide comprehensive one-stop support that includes maintenance services for the PC server "PRIMERGY" and technical support for AlmaLinuxOS, starting from September 27, 2024.