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Stock News Premium = <Credit Research> short interest reaches a high level not seen in 11 months - Buy has also increased for four consecutive weeks.
The balance of Margin Trading announced by the Tokyo Stock Exchange on the 26th, as of the 21st, showed that short interest increased for the third consecutive week, reaching the highest level since March of last year. Amid concerns over the strong yen and Trump tariffs, a bearish outlook for stock prices was reflected. Short interest increased by 58.5 billion yen from the previous weekend to 848.4 billion yen. Although the sell-offs that accumulated during the stock price rise in late January had eased, they have now increased again. Meanwhile, long positions increased by 76.6 billion yen from the previous weekend to 4.5372 trillion yen, marking an increase for four consecutive weeks.
MonotaRO, Daio Paper, ETC (additional) Rating
Upgrades - Bullish Code Stock Name Broker Previous After ------------------------------------------------------------- <1911> Sumitomo Forestry SMBC Nikko "2" "1" <4062> Ibiden Morgan Stanley "Equal Weight" "Over Weight" <5333> Gaishi Mizuho "Hold" "Buy" Downgrades - Bearish Code Stock Name Broker Previous After ---------------------------
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The Nikkei average rose by 113 points, rebounding for the first time in three days, supported by a weaker yen, as of the afternoon of the 27th.
On the 27th, the Nikkei average stock price in the afternoon session rebounded for the first time in three days, rising by 113.80 yen to 38,256.17 yen compared to the previous day. The TOPIX (Tokyo Stock Price Index) also increased by 19.85 points to 2,736.25 points. At 10:04 AM, the Nikkei average reached 38,369.96 yen, up 227.59 yen. Following NVIDIA's announcement of its financial results for the fiscal year ending January 2025 and the revenue forecast for February to April 2025, which exceeded market expectations, Japanese stocks showed a positive reaction.
Petroleum resources, light industry, etc. (additional) Rating
Upgraded - Bullish Code Stock Name Brokerage Firm Previous Changed After-------------------------------------------------------------<268A> Rigaku Nomura "Hold" "Buy" <3626> TIS GS "Hold" "Buy" <4528> Ono Pharmaceutical City "3" "2" <6752> Panasonic HD Morgan Stanley "Equal Weight" "Over Weight" <7735> Screen Morgan Stanley "Equal Weight" "Over Weight"
Rating information (Target Price change - part 2) = SUMCO, Chugai Pharmaceutical, ETC.
◎ Mizuho Securities (three levels: Buy > Hold > underperform) SUMCO <3436.T> -- "Buy" → "Buy", 2300 yen → 2100 yen UBE <4208.T> -- "Buy" → "Buy", 3600 yen → 3000 yen M3 <2413.T> -- "Hold" → "Hold", 1600 yen → 1900 yen ◎ Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities (three levels: Overweight > Equal Weight > Underweight) Chugai Pharmaceutical <4519.T> -- "Overweight"
