Nikkei Average Contribution Rankings (as of pre-market trading) ～ Nikkei Average rose for the fourth consecutive day, with Toshiba leading the way by pushing up about 77 yen for one stock.

At the closing of 3 days ago, the number of Nikkei average constituent stocks that rose was 117, the number of stocks that fell was 104, and the number of unchanged stocks was 4. The Nikkei average has risen for 4 consecutive days. The morning session of trading ended at 40,425.37 yen (approx. 840 million shares traded) with an increase of 350.68 yen (+0.88%) compared to the previous day. The US stock market on the 2nd continued to rise. The Dow Jones average was 39331.85, up 162.33 (+0.41%), and the Nasdaq index ETF was 18028, up 149.46 points (+0.84%).

Fisco Japan23:28 ET

Three points to watch in the morning session: a market trend with strong expectations for higher prices, despite an increasingly stalemate situation.

In the trading of the first three days ago, there are three points to pay attention to: - Although the stalemate feeling is expected to intensify, the market outlook is expected to be strong. - Kasumigaseki Capital, Q3 operating profit increased by 249.2% to JPY 3.643 billion. - Focus of the morning session: Maxell, developing solid state batteries, new businesses and M&A up to JPY 10 billion. In the Japanese stock market on the third day, it started with buying preference and then gradually intensified with a feeling of stalemate, but it is expected to have a strong market development with high expectations in the future.

Fisco Japan19:36 ET

Although stagnation may increase, the market is expected to continue to rise.

[Stock Opening Comment] The Japanese stock market on the 3rd opened with buying, but it is likely to become deadlock later, and is expected to be a market development with high expectations. On the 2nd U.S. market, the NY Dow was up 162 points and the Nasdaq was up 149 points. Ahead of the release of June's U.S. employment statistics over the weekend, the market is taking a wait-and-see approach as selling of profit-taking took place first in the rising stocks. Thereafter, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell said that inflation is trending slower again.

Fisco Japan19:22 ET

ADR Japan Stock Ranking ~ High and Low, Chicago is 40,260 yen, which is 150 yen higher than Osaka. ~

Compared to the Tokyo Stock Exchange (1 USD = 161.40 JPY), ADR (American Depositary Receipt) Japanese stocks such as Fast Retailing <9983>, Mizuho Financial Group <8411>, Advantest <6857>, and Tokyo Electron <8035> rose, while Japan Post <6178>, Yucho Bank <7182>, Mitsubishi Corporation <8058>, Japan Tobacco Inc. <2914> fell, resulting in varied overall performance. The settlement price for Chicago Nikkei 225 futures was 40,260 yen, which is 150 yen higher than Osaka daytime trading.

Fisco Japan19:07 ET

The afternoon Nikkei average started 38 yen higher, with Kawasaki Kisen and Daiichi Sankyo among the high performers.

[Nikkei Average Stock Price and TOPIX (Table)] Nikkei Average: 39,669.97, +38.91, TOPIX: 2,838.89, +14.61. The afternoon Nikkei average shrank its gains from morning session (39,780.58) and started at 39,669.97, up ¥ 38.91 from the previous day. During lunchtime, Nikkei 225 futures fell in the range of 39,640 yen - 39,750 yen. USD/JPY was down about 10 sen from around 9 am at 1 USD = 161.60-70 yen.

Fisco JapanJul 2 00:09 ET

Nikkei average contribution ranking (pre-close) ~ Nikkei average has risen for 3 consecutive days, with First Retail pushing up about 28 yen per share.

As of the closing 2 days ago, the number of rising stocks in the Nikkei average constituent stocks was 132, the number of falling stocks was 89, and the number of unchanged stocks was 4. The Nikkei average continues to rise for 3 days. At the end of morning trading, it closed at approximately 39,780.58 yen (with an estimated volume of 880 million shares), up 149.52 yen (+0.38%) from the previous day. The US stock market rebounded on the 1st, with the Dow Jones up 50.66 dollars (+0.13%) at 39169.52 and the Nasdaq index up 146.70 points (+0.83%) at 17879.30.

Fisco JapanJul 1 23:49 ET