Stocks that hit the daily limit up or down in the morning session.

■Cordia Therapeutics <194A>, WOLVES HAND <3409>, Kitanihon Spinning <4386>, SIG Group <4424>, AMAZIA <4935>, and LIBERTA all hit the limit up <190A>. ■Shin BioPharmaceuticals <4582> hit the limit down temporarily (including indicative values for limit up/down).

Fisco Japan23:02 ET

Hokkaido Textile - temporarily stopped rising, showing anticipation for development with Medirom Healthcare Technologies.

It rapidly rose to a temporary trading halt. MEDIROM MOTHER Labs, a subsidiary of Medirom Healthcare Technolog, announced that it has signed a sales contract for the world's first recharge-free smart tracker "MOTHER Bracelet" it developed. It also announced the start of negotiations for a strategic sales partnership with the Medirom group. It seems that in the case of conventional wearable devices, data loss due to battery depletion has been a problem. This will contribute to the growth of its healthcare business.

Fisco Japan21:56 ET

Investment Strategy for July 19th [Today]

[FISCO Featured Stocks] [Material Stocks] En Japan <4849> 2727 yen (7/18) operates job posting websites and provides personnel placement services. On June 21, it announced that it will participate in the sale of its shares due to Time's listing and sell all of its shareholdings in the company. With the determination of the sale price, the expected special profit will be recorded as investment securities gains, and the net profit for the fiscal year ending March 25th is expected to be 9.33 billion yen, 2.2 times the previous year's profit, increasing the previous estimate by about 61%.

Fisco Japan19:49 ET

Ezaki Glico, Quantum Solutions, etc.

<1828> Tanabe Industries Co., Ltd., Tanabe Industries' trading partner shareholder association, President Masao Horie. Shareholding proportion of stock certificate 8.05% → 9.24%. Reporting obligation date: July 10, 2024. <2206> Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd., Dalton Investments, Inc., Shareholding proportion of stock certificate -: → 5.06%. Reporting obligation date: July 10, 2024. <2338> Quantum Solutions Co., Ltd.

Fisco Japan19:36 ET

Astelia and En Japan are attracting attention, while companies like Fuluya Metal are sluggish.

On the 18th, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 533.06 points to 40,665.02, the Nasdaq Composite Index fell by 125.70 points to 17,871.22, and the Chicago Nikkei 225 futures fell to ¥40,055, down 185 yen from the Osaka daytime. The exchange rate is 1 dollar = 157.30-40 yen. In today's Tokyo market, Disco <6146> announced a 96.7% increase in operating profit for the first quarter and mid-term financial estimates, while Bronco B <3091> upwardly revised its earnings and dividend estimates for the year ending December 2024.

Fisco Japan19:15 ET

Active and newly established stocks in the afternoon session.

*Hogimedi <3593> announced a share buyback and purchase commission and cancellation of up to 2.8 million shares, or 12.4% of the issued shares. Today, they acquired 2.7215 million shares. *Career DC <2410> announced a share buyback and purchase commission and cancellation of up to 0.4 million shares, or 7.16% of the issued shares. Today, they acquired 0.3527 million shares. *Forside <2330> has been commissioned to develop a discharge summary system using generated AI.

Fisco JapanJul 18 02:45 ET