The Nikkei average has fallen for five consecutive days, influenced by the decline in U.S. stocks, but the decrease in value has narrowed due to the "rate hike being put off."

On the 18th, the US Stocks market continued to decline. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 1,123.03 dollars to 42,326.87 dollars, while the Nasdaq dropped by 716.37 points to 19,392.69 points. Ahead of the announcement of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) results, a wait-and-see attitude strengthened, resulting in mixed trading after the opening. While the Dow average, which had been declining until the previous day, saw some buying in major stocks and rose, the Nasdaq started off slightly lower. The FOMC is expected to raise the main policy interest rate by 0.25% as anticipated.

Fisco Japan02:00 ET

TBS HD, NTV HD, etc. (additional) Rating

Upgraded - Bullish Code Stock Name Securities Company Previous Change After ------------------------------------------------------------ <4676> Fuji HD Nomura "Neutral" "Buy" Downgraded - Bearish Code Stock Name Securities Company Previous Change After ------------------------------------------------------------ <4293> Septeni

Fisco Japan22:39 ET

Nissan Motor, Sumitomo Corporation, etc. [List of stock materials from the newspaper]

*Nissan Motor Company <7201> is in discussions for integration with Honda, planning to establish a holding company and considering a merger with Mitsubishi Motors (Nikkai Industrial Front Page) - ○ *Mitsubishi Heavy Industries <7011> appoints Mr. Ito as president, focusing on growth strategies in energy and defense (Nikkai Industrial Page 3) - ○ *NTT <9432> alongside eight major telecommunications companies, aims to restore disaster-affected communications networks quickly, expanding cooperation, sharing fuel supply bases and laying ships (Nikkai Industrial Page 3) - ○ *Mitsui Chemicals <4183> promotes decarbonization in the petrochemical sector, discussing details of collaboration among three companies (Nikkai Industrial Page 3) - ○ *Sumitomo Corporation <8053> participates in large-scale residential development in Australia, current.

Fisco Japan18:24 ET

List of conversion stocks (Part 3) [List of parabolic signal conversion stocks]

○ List of stocks switching to Sell market Code Stock Name Closing Price SAR Main Board <6929> Nichi Ceramic 2612 2678 <6962> Daishinku 536553 <7011> Mitsubishi Heavy 22572485 <7013> IHI 82008983 <7092> FFJ 13901460 <7182> Japan Post Bank 14811545 <7309> Shimano Inc Unsponsored ADR 2090021890 <7322> Mitsu Sanju <

Fisco Japan17:58 ET

List of converted stocks (Part 2) [List of converted stocks for Parabolic Signal]

○ List of stocks converting to Sell Market Code Stock Name Closing Price SAR Main Board <1301> Kyokuyo 3950 4135 <1719> Ando Hazama 1172 1210 <1762> Takamatsu G 2668 2750 <1821> Mitsui Construction 4124 35 <1835> Toh-Tetsu Kogyo 3175 3315 <1861> Kumagai Gumi 3975 4145 <1888> Wakatsuki Construction 3810 4055 <1893> Goyo Construction 61

Fisco Japan17:57 ET

Japan M&A Center, DIC, ETC (additional) Rating

Target Price Change Code Stock Name Securities Company Previous Change After ----------------------------------------------- <2127> Japan M&A Center Nomura 950 yen 760 yen <4631> DIC Nomura 4000 yen 4300 yen <4634> artience Nomura 4900 yen 4200 yen <7181> Japan Post Insurance Nomura 3600 yen 3700 yen <3405> Kuraray Okasan 2400 yen 3000 yen <4919> Milbon Daiwa 36

Fisco JapanDec 17 21:18 ET