Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market Index 836.57 -6.54 / Volume 0.1 billion 64.92 million shares/Trading value 101.3 billion yen

Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market 250 Index 655.65 -5.52 / Volume 0.1 billion 27.01 million shares/Trading value 83.9 billion yen

Today's growth market saw both the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market Index and the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market 250 Index continue to decline. The number of advancing stocks was 225, declining stocks 320, and unchanged stocks 37.

The U.S. stock market continued to rise on the 24th. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 42,208.22, up 83.57 points (+0.20%), the Nasdaq closed at 18,074.52, up 100.25 points (+0.56%), and the S&P 500 closed at 5,732.93, up 14.36 points (+0.25%). There was optimism in the global economic outlook due to expectations of additional rate cuts for the rest of the year and China's economic stimulus measures, leading to an initial rise in the market. However, later on, optimism waned as the September consumer confidence index fell below expectations, causing a shift to selling. Profit-taking selling was observed near record highs for the Dow, which struggled to advance. The Nasdaq benefited from demand in artificial intelligence (AI) sector, particularly in semiconductor stocks like Nvidia, prompting buying interest and providing support, pushing the market higher. Toward the end of the session, the Dow also recovered into positive territory, setting new record highs for consecutive days.

Similar to the mixed trends in large cap stocks on the Main Board market, the growth market also lacked direction with a strong cautious trading sentiment, resulting in a quiet market development with a trading value of around 100 billion yen. Despite being the first IPO in a month, both stocks saw their debut prices fall below the offering price, leading to a downward trend in the Growth Market 250 Index.

In individual stocks, negative reports from securities companies led to declines in companies such as Free <4478>, Genda <9166>, and Integral <5842>, among other major stocks showing lackluster performance. Ranking high in decline rates are ConvaNo <6574>, PSS <7707>, Modalis <4883>, and others.

On the other hand, among the top market cap stocks, SeaUSea <9158>, GNI Group <2160>, Skymark <9204>, and others held firm. Bio-related stocks like Sanbio <4592>, Solezia Pharma <4597> featured prominently in the top gainers, and Agricultural Comprehensive Research Institute <3541> saw buying interest.

Among the stocks included in the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market Core Index, Free, Genda, and others, GMO Financial Gate <4051>, Toraitsu <9164> were sold.

Furthermore, the opening price of ROXX <241A>, which was listed on the growth market, fell by 8.0% from the public offering price to 1941 yen, and the opening price of Reply Priority <242A>, listed on the Fukuoka Q board, fell by 8.0% to 1398 yen.

[Top 10 gainers and losers on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market]

Top 10 gainers

| Code | Stock Name | 　Current price | Change from previous day | 　　Ratio from previous |

1| 4316| B-Map | 535| 80| 17.58|

2| 3261| Gran | 734| 100| 15.77|

3| 4592| Symbio | 1362| 124| 10.02|

4| 7345| Ai Partners | 540| 48| 9.76|

5| 4597|Solezia| 49| 4| 8.89|

6| 7073|Jaic| 2310| 175| 8.20|

7| 3541|Agricultural Research Institute| 305| 21| 7.39|

8| 4417|Global Securities| 6580| 410| 6.65|

9| 7409|AeroEdge| 1880| 116| 6.58|

10| 4418|JDSC| 840| 47| 5.93|

Top 10 declining percentage | Code | Stock name | Current price | Previous day difference | Previous ratio |

| Code | Stock Name | 　Current price | Change from previous day | 　　Ratio from previous |

1| 6574| Convano | 2053| -257| -11.13|

2| 7707| PSS | 279| -24| -7.92|

3| 218A| Libera Ware | 551| -44| -7.39|

4| 194A| WOLVES | 1086| -81| -6.94|

5| 7689| Copa | 711| -53| -6.94|

6| 4883| Modalis | 95| -7| -6.86|

7| 4833| Def con | 68| -5| -6.85|

8| 4478| Free | 2491| -179| -6.70|

9| 206A|PRISM Bio | 428| -28| -6.14|

10| 5590|Net Stars | 1106| -66| -5.63|