The Nikkei average started the latter half of the day up by 75 yen, with Chugai Pharmaceutical and NINTENDO CO LTD among the gainers.

[Nikkei Average Stock Price・TOPIX (Table)] Nikkei Average; 39533.08; +75.59 TOPIX; 2740.73; +2.40 [Afternoon Session Opening Overview] The Nikkei Average in the afternoon session opened up 75.59 yen from the previous day at 39533.08 yen, slightly expanding the increase from the morning close (39520.06 yen). During lunchtime, the Nikkei 225 Futures fluctuated within the range of 39510 yen - 39570 yen. The dollar-yen exchange rate stood at 1 dollar = 153.80-90 yen, with a roughly 30 yen appreciation from around 9 AM.

Fisco JapanDec 16 23:03 ET

The Nikkei average starts up 132 yen, with Sumitomo Realty and Socionext rising, ETC.

[Nikkei Average and TOPIX (Table)] Nikkei Average; 39,589.65; +132.16 TOPIX; 2,742.39; +4.06 [Opening Overview] On the 17th, the Nikkei Average opened with a rise of 132.16 yen to 39,589.65, rebounding for the first time in three days. The US stock market on the previous day, the 16th, showed mixed results. The Dow Inc decreased by 110.58 dollars to 43,717.48 dollars, while the Nasdaq rose by 247.17 points to 20,173.89 and concluded the trading.

Fisco JapanDec 16 19:29 ET

ADR Japanese stock ranking - mixed highs and lows, Chicago is up 165 yen compared to Osaka at 39,625 yen.

Regarding Japanese stocks of American Depositary Receipts (ADR), when compared to the Tokyo Stock Exchange (calculated at 154.13 yen per dollar), companies like SoftBank Group Corp <9984>, Toyota Industries <6201>, Disco <6146>, Tokyo Electron <8035>, Renesas <6723>, and Mizuho Financial Group <8411> saw an increase, while others like Japan Post Bank <7182>, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group <8306>, Murata Manufacturing <6981>, Chugai Pharmaceutical <4519>, Nidec <6594>, and Sony Group Corp <6758> experienced a decline, overall.

Fisco JapanDec 16 18:18 ET

Snow Brand Meg, Kobe Bussan ETC (additional) Rating

Changes in Target Price Code Stock Name Brokerage Firm Previous After ----------------------------------------------- <2270> Snow Brand Milk Mizuho 3250 yen 3300 yen <2282> Japan Ham Morgan Stanley 5300 yen 5400 yen <3038> Kobe Bussan Nomura 3800 yen 4000 yen <3402> TORAY INDS INC Morgan Stanley 980 yen 1210 yen <4681> Resort Trust Morgan Stanley 3450 yen 3700 yen <4681> Resort Trust

Fisco JapanDec 15 22:25 ET

Three key points to pay attention to in the first half: The SQ value is likely to be viewed as a Resistance.

In the trading session prior, I would like to focus on the following three points. ■SQ values are likely to be recognized as Resistance. ■Askul, operating profit for Q2 decreased by 16.8% to 6.028 billion yen. ■Focus materials for the morning session: Omron introduces AI for tariff compliance, reducing working hours by half. ■SQ values are likely to be recognized as Resistance. The Japanese stock market on the 16th is likely to become more stagnant while waiting for financial events, although market resilience is expected to be a focus. On the 13th, in the USA market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by 86 dollars, and the Nasdaq is.

Fisco JapanDec 15 18:41 ET

Omron, Asahi Kasei, ETC [List of stock materials from the newspaper]

*Omron <6645> introduced AI for tariff compliance, halving work time (Nikkan Kogyo, front page) - ○ *Asahi Kasei <3407> researching Battery durability, creating proposal-type Business (Nikkan Kogyo, page 3) - ○ *Mitsubishi Electric Corp. Unsponsored ADR <6503> established an air conditioning factory in the U.S., investing 22 billion yen, repurposing for Autos electrical equipment (Nikkan Kogyo, page 3) - ○ *NTT Data G <9613> development of system request forms, risk extraction with Generative AI, domestic use (Nikkan Kogyo, page 3) - ○ *Sojitz <2768> acquired renewable energy in Ireland, Europe's decarbonization.

Fisco JapanDec 15 18:22 ET