The number of gains and falls of the Nikkei Average constituent stocks at the time of the big closing on the 21st was 2 stocks unchanged: 85 stocks with price increases and 138 stocks with price drops.

The US stock market on the 20th was mixed. The Dow average closed at 39806.77 dollars (-0.49%) depreciated by 196.82 dollars (-0.49%), the Nasdaq closed at 16794.88, 108.91 points higher (+ 0.65%), and the S&P 500 closed at 5308.13, 4.86 points higher (+ 0.09%). Expectations for interest rate cuts have receded, and things have been mixed since they got close. Since several senior US Federal Reserve (Fed) officials showed a cautious attitude, such as “there is still no confidence that inflation will reach the 2% target sustainably, and interest rates will be maintained for the time being,” the rise in long-term interest rates was suppressed. The Dow was pushed by profit-taking sales from around 40,000 dollars, which is a milestone, and turned into a decline, and the decline widened towards the end of the game. Meanwhile, the rise in semiconductor NVIDIA, which is scheduled to announce quarterly financial results this week, led the NASDAQ to rise and hit a record high.

Since the NASDAQ rose in various ways for US stocks, the Tokyo market began trading with a slight buying advantage. Although there was a scene where the Nikkei Average increased to 39346.15 yen, the overall wait-and-see mood in the market was strong before financial results were announced by US semiconductor giant NVIDIA, and aggressive trading was restrained and fell. Prime market trading prices remained in the 3 trillion yen range since 4/25.

The closing Nikkei average was 38946.93 yen, down 122.75 yen (-0.31%) from the previous day. The trading volume on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market is 1,576.78 million shares, and the trading price is 3,917.3 billion yen. By industry, while the real estate industry, securities/commodity futures trading business, precision instruments, other financial industries, machinery, etc. declined, the insurance industry, electric/gas industry, petroleum and coal products, wholesale business, shipping industry, etc. rose. Stocks that have risen in price on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market are 34%, while stocks that have dropped in price are 61%.

The top contributor to price drops was Daikin ＜6367＞, which pushed down the Nikkei Average by about 37 yen with 1 stock. The same 2nd place was SoftBank G ＜9984＞, followed by Terumo ＜4543＞, Shin-Etsu ＜4063＞, FANUC ＜6954＞, Recruit HD ＜6098＞, KDDI ＜9433＞, etc.

Meanwhile, the top contributor to price increases was Toelec (8035), which boosted the Nikkei Average by about 28 yen with 1 stock. Advantest ＜6857＞ came in the same 2nd place, followed by MS & AD ＜8725＞, Disco ＜6146＞, Fast Rite ＜9983＞, TDK ＜6762＞, Mitsui Mono (8031), etc.

* As of 15:00

Nikkei Stock Average 38946.93 (-122.75)

Number of rising stocks 85 (contribution+143.11)

Number of stocks that have dropped in price 138 (contribution - 265.87)

Number of unchanged stocks 2

○Top stocks that have risen in price

Code stock's recent price contribution compared to the previous day

＜8035＞ East Electric 36630 290 28.44

＜6857＞ Advantage 5600 80 20.92

＜8725＞ MS & AD 3149 382 11.22

＜6146＞ Disco 57130 1430 9.35

＜9983＞ First Lite 41450 90 8.83

＜6762＞ TDK 7517 69 6.77

＜8031＞ Mitsui & Co. 8358 178 5.82

＜8766＞ Tokio Marine HD 5083 116 5.69

＜6981＞ Murata Manufacturing 2934 59 4.63

＜5803＞ Fujikura 3025 115 3.76

＜4901＞ FUJIFILM 3485 31 3.04

＜3099＞ Isetan Mitsukoshi HD 2966 89 2.89

＜6501＞ Hitachi, Ltd. 14935 370 2.42

＜1925＞ Daiwa House Industry 4161 49 1.60

＜7832＞ Bang Nam HD 3113 13 1.27

＜6361＞ Ebara Corporation 12895 180 1.18

＜7270 ＞ SUBARU 3350 34 1.11

＜6976＞ TAIYO YUDEN 3254 32 1.05

＜1721＞ Comsys HD 3196 31 1.01

＜6753＞ SHARP 869 30 0.99

○Top stocks that have dropped in price

Code stock's recent price contribution compared to the previous day

＜6367＞ Daikin Industries 23615 -1160 -37.92

＜9984＞ SoftBank G 8176 -136 -26.68

＜4543＞ Terumo 2698 -76.5 -20.01

＜4063＞ Shin-Etsu Chemical 5970 -113 -18.47

＜6954＞ FANUC 4587 -87 -14.22

＜6098＞ Recruit HD 7734 -84 -8.24

＜9433＞ KDDI 4347 -32 -6.28

＜6506＞ Yaskawa 6189 -191 -6.24

＜6758＞ Sony G 12880 -185 -6.05

＜6526＞ Socionext 4432 -168 -5.49

＜4911＞ Shiseido 4762 -156 -5.10

＜7267＞ Honda 1746 -24.5 -4.81

＜8830＞ Sumitomo Real Estate 5079 -127 -4.15

＜6861＞ KEYENCE 71950 -1160 -3.79

＜8630＞ SOMPO 2942 -190 -3.73

＜4507＞ Shionogi Pharmaceutical 7035 -109 -3.56

＜4568＞ Daiichi Sankyo 5496 -35 -3.43

＜6971＞ Kyocera 1857 -12.5 -3.27

＜4021＞ Nissan Chemical 4689 -93 -3.04

＜7741＞ HOYA 18615 -185 -3.02