Bankers Say Japan's $230 Billion M&A Boom Will Get Even Bigger

BNN Bloomberg19:00 ET

The Nikkei average is up about 900 yen, and the trading volume is led by Tokyo Electron, Disco, and Advantest.

At around 2 PM on the 7th, the Nikkei average stock price is trading at about 40,210, approximately 900 yen higher than the previous day. In the afternoon session, selling is dominant as trading begins. There was a moment when the increase shrank to about 780 yen, but it seems to be regaining its upward momentum at the moment. In the Foreign Exchange market, the exchange rate is at about 158 yen per dollar, showing a slight appreciation of the yen. The top traded stocks by volume in the afternoon (Main Board) include JDI <6740.T>, NTT <9432.T>, Mitsubishi UFJ <8306.T>, and Nissan.

Kabushiki ShimbunJan 7 00:01 ET

GS Yuasa, AGC, ETC [List of stock materials from newspapers]

*GS Yuasa <6674> reconstructs its BCP for Automotive Lead Batteries with an investment of 10 billion yen (Nikkankogyo page 1) - ○ *NTT <9432> improves the performance of its large language model 'Tsuzumi' by four times, operating with one GPU (Nikkankogyo page 1) - ○ *MAZDA MOTOR CRP <7261> develops a new compact SUV, with President Kagō's New Year press conference (Nikkankogyo page 9) - ○ *Meidensha <6508> calculates 'muscle age' and implements a health management system for workers (Nikkankogyo page 11) - ○ *Iseki & Co. <6310> improves cultivation efficiency for sweet potatoes and sugarcane.

Fisco JapanJan 6 18:30 ET

Today's flows: 01/06 Hitachi saw an inflow of JPY¥ 6.87 billion, Honda Motor saw an outflow of JPY¥ 12.51 billion

On January 6th, the TSE Main Market saw an inflow of JPY¥ 682.94 billion and an outflow of JPY¥ 859.59 billion.$Hitachi(6501.JP)$, $Nomura Micro Science(6254.JP)$ and $Mitsui O.S.K. Lines(9104.JP)$

Moomoo NewsJan 6 01:45 ET

Wall Street investment banks are all bullish: Japanese stocks are expected to reach new highs by 2025!

Stock strategists indicate that, driven by corporate governance reforms and strong profits, Japan's stock market is expected to reach a new historical high in 2025.

Zhitong FinanceJan 5 22:46 ET

Individual stock Global Strategy: Pay attention to Mandarake and Frontier M, ETC.

On December 30, during the Tokyo market's six-day holiday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average decreased by $418.48, on the 31st it fell by $29.51, and on January 2, 2025, it dropped by $151.95, while last weekend, on the 3rd, it rose by $339.86 to reach 42,732.13.

Fisco JapanJan 5 19:19 ET