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The Nikkei Average is up about 70 yen, after a round of buying, the weak yen is still a heavy burden on the upside = 12 days before the market closes.
On the 12th at 10:02 AM, the Nikkei average stock price trades around 38,870 yen, approximately 70 yen higher than the previous business day. At 9:02 AM, it reached 39,102.65 yen, up 301.48 yen. On the 11th, local time, President Trump announced that starting March 12, a 25% tariff would be imposed on steel and aluminum products without exception. Amid concerns about the impact of tariffs on the global economy, the Dow Inc continued to rise while the Nasdaq Composite Index fell back, showing mixed results.
Kaneko Seeds continues to rise, viewing the stock repurchase limit of 100,000 shares as a positive factor.
Kaneko Seeds <1376.T> continues to rise, briefly reaching 1,420 yen, an increase of 62 yen. After the market closed on the 17th of last week, it was announced that a stock buyback program had been established, which was seen as a significant factor. The stock buyback program has an upper limit of 100,000 shares (0.88% of the total issued shares excluding treasury stock) and 200 million yen. The acquisition period is from January 20 until May 23. It declares that it will carry out a flexible capital policy to enhance shareholder returns. As of 9:09 AM, the stock price is 1,398 yen, up 40 yen from last week’s close. Provided by Wealth Advisor Co.
Attention is focused on Sakata Seed and Stem Inc, while Yorozu is somewhat weak.
Last weekend on the 17th, in the U.S. stock market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 334.70 dollars to 43,487.83, the Nasdaq Composite Index increased by 291.91 points to 19,630.20, and the Chicago Nikkei 225 Futures was up by 325 yen compared to the Osaka daytime at 38,795 yen. The exchange rate was 1 dollar = 156.30-40 yen. In today's Tokyo market, Stem Inc <3771> announced a revision of the Financial Estimates for dividends for the fiscal year ending March 2025, and Sakata Seed Corporation <1377> announced a Share Buyback not exceeding 1.59% of the issued shares and a bid for purchase.
<Today's Individual Materials> S Research, Ai Robo, TMN, Netyear, ETC (announced on the 17th).
▽ S Research <3771.T>, the year-end Dividends forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2025 has been increased from the previous 40 yen to 60 yen (considering the previous period's performance of 40 yen adjusted for a 1-for-2 Stock Split) ▽ Ai Robo <247A.T>, introduced a shareholder benefit program that gifts 9,000 yen worth of their products to shareholders holding one unit (100 shares) or more as of the record date ▽ TMN <5258.T>, downwardly revised the consolidated performance forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2025 ▽ Netyear <3622.T> - lowered the standalone performance forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2025 ▽
On January 17, Sakata Seed Corporation announced a Share Buyback, ETC.
The stocks that announced the establishment of a company stock acquisition limit on January 17 (Friday) are as follows: <1377> Sakata Seed 0.7 million shares (1.6%) 2.5 billion yen 9.5 million yen (January 25, 2020 - January 25, 2020) <1376> Kaneko Seed 0.1 million shares (0.9%) 0.2 billion yen (January 25, 2020 - May 23, 2025) <6982> Lead 0.05 million shares (1.9%) 50 million yen (January 25, 2020 - March 31, 2025) *The percentage in parentheses of the number of shares is the ratio to the total number of issued shares (excluding treasury stocks) *The number of shares and amounts are upper limits.
Japanese stock buybacks this week (1/13~1/17)
――――1/14――――$Pasona Group(2168.JP)$ will buy back up to 2 million shares, 4.97% of its outstanding shares (excluding its own shares), for an amount of JPY¥ 5 billion.――――1/15――――$Daishinku(6962.JP)$