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Defense spending is increasing, and Japan's total budget for 2025 will reach a record 115 trillion yen.
In the new budget proposal, the spending items with the largest increase include: a significant increase of over 10% in defense spending, reaching 8.5 trillion yen; and an approximately 7% increase in allocations to local governments. Due to record high tax revenues, the scale of newly issued government bonds will decrease by nearly one-fifth, down to 28.6 trillion yen.
F&LC, Park 24, etc. (additional) Rating
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Despite the absence of Overseas investors, a solid development is underway.
The Nikkei Average rebounded, finishing at 39,130.43 yen, up by 93.58 yen (with an estimated Volume of 1.7 billion 60 million shares). Buoyed by the previous day's rise in U.S. tech stocks, buying began early, pushing the Nikkei Average up to 39,180.59 yen shortly after the open. However, with European and American investors entering the Christmas holiday, market participation was low, leading to a shift to a negative trend due to position adjustments, with the index dropping to 38,927.16 yen during the middle of the morning session. The afternoon session saw a market environment characterized by strong stagnation.
Canon Inc-Spons Adr, Espec, etc. [List of stocks from the newspaper]
*Canon Inc-Spons Adr <7751> re-enters the ArF lithography equipment market, aiming to gain Share through miniaturization (Nikkei Industrial Daily page 1) -○ *Espec <6859> launches aggressive strategies for Semiconductors, continuously introducing contract measurement services (Nikkei Industrial Daily page 1) -○ *Nippon Steel <5401> believes in 'presidential approval' for the acquisition of United States Steel, statement made for final decision (Nikkei Industrial Daily page 3) -○ *Sumitomo Chemical <4005> sells polarizing film to two Chinese companies, targeting large LCDs, to local companies in spring next year (Nikkei Industrial Daily page 3) -○ *Mitsubishi Corporation <8058> diverse workforce.
Market Overview Enterprises are reaching new highs.
The stocks that reached new high prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Main Board are Meisai Industry <1976> and Market Enterprise <3135> for a total of 19 stocks. The stocks that reached new low prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Main Board are Meiji Holdings <2269> and Askul <2678> for a total of 19 stocks. "Tokyo Stock Exchange Main Board" "Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard" "Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth" New high prices New low prices New high prices New low prices New high prices New low prices 12/24 191926748 12/23 334231671 12/20 442523463.
The Nikkei Average rebounded for the first time in seven days, as buying prevailed due to the avoidance of a U.S. government agency shutdown.
Last weekend, the USA market's Dow Inc average closed up by 498.02 points at 42840.26 points, and the Nasdaq closed up by 199.83 points at 19572.60 points. While some tech stocks saw early selling, leading to a decline at the open, the November Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index suggested progress in inflation control, supporting an increase. The Dow Inc average briefly surged over 800 points higher compared to the previous day, but faced expiration of stock index Futures and Single Options for individual stocks.