The number of gains and falls of the Nikkei Average constituent stocks as of closing 24 days ago was 65 stocks with price increases, 156 stocks with price drops, and 4 stocks unchanged.

The Nikkei Average fell sharply. The forward market transaction was closed at 38649.15 yen (estimated volume of 730 million shares), which was 454.07 yen lower (-1.16%) compared to the previous day.

The US stock market continued to decline on the 23rd. The Dow average closed at 39065.26 dollars (-1.53%) lower by 605.78 dollars, the NASDAQ depreciated 65.50 points (-0.39%) at 16736.04, and the S&P 500 closed at 5267.84, which was 39.17 points lower (-0.74%). Semiconductor NVIDIA's favorable financial results led to an improvement in investor sentiment, and it remained steady. After that, long-term interest rates rose due to employment-related indicators and PMI being stronger than expected and expectations of interest rate cuts receding, and the upper price of the market was suppressed. Furthermore, Boeing's decline weighed on the Dow, pushing the index further down and turning into a decline. The NASDAQ also remained strong in the early stages, but towards the end, profit-taking sales ahead of consecutive holidays also became heavy and ended with a decline.

In response to the decline in US stocks, the Tokyo market began trading with a selling advantage. Since the decline spread mainly to high-tech stocks such as semiconductors in response to rising interest rates between Japan and the US, there was a scene where the Nikkei Average temporarily fell to 38367.70 yen. However, since the rise in US 10-year bond yields after hours came to a standstill, there was a movement to buy back mainly futures, and the decline narrowed until the forward closing.

Among stocks adopted by the Nikkei Average, disappointment with the medium-term management plan took precedence and Fuji Electric (6504) depreciated drastically, and a decline in semiconductor stocks such as Socionext ＜6526＞, Lasertech ＜6920＞, Advantest ＜6857＞, Screen HD ＜7735＞, Tokyo Electron ＜8035＞, and SUMCO ＜3436＞ was conspicuous. In addition, Tokyo Tatemono ＜8804＞, Sumitomo Mining ＜5713＞, and Sony Group ＜6758＞ were sold. Other than stocks adopted by the Nikkei Average, the decline in Micronics Japan (6871) was conspicuous.

Meanwhile, reports on some domestic securities were viewed as material, and in addition to DIC ＜4631＞, Shiseido ＜4911＞, and Kawasaki Shigeru ＜7012＞ being bought, Hitachi ＜6501＞, Nippon Steel Works ＜5631＞, and Obayashi Corporation ＜1802＞ rose. Other than stocks adopted by the Nikkei Average, Hokkaido Electric Power Company ＜9509＞ was bought based on electricity demand expectations.

By industry, while the electrical equipment, information/communication industry, securities/commodity futures trading business, real estate industry, mining industry, etc. declined, the electric/gas industry, steel, rubber products, nonferrous metals, shipping industries, etc. rose.

The top contributor to price drops became Toelec ＜8035＞, which pushed down the Nikkei Average by about 91 yen with 1 stock. The same 2nd place was Fast Lite ＜9983＞, followed by Advantest ＜6857＞, SoftBank G ＜9984＞, Lasertech ＜6920＞, TDK ＜6762＞, Konami G ＜9766＞, etc.

Meanwhile, the top contributor to price increases came from Shiseido ＜4911＞, which boosted the Nikkei Average by about 7 yen with 1 stock. The same 2nd place was NTT DATA G ＜9613＞, followed by Daiichi Sankyo ＜4568＞, Fujikura ＜5803＞, Fujifilm ＜4901＞, Hitachi ＜6501＞, Eisai ＜4523＞, etc.

* As of 11:30

Nikkei Stock Average 38649.15 (-454.07)

Number of rising stocks 65 (contribution+47.99)

Number of stocks that have dropped in price 156 (contribution - 502.06)

Number of unchanged stocks 4

○Top stocks that have risen in price

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

＜4911＞ Shiseido 5042 227 7.42

＜9613＞ NTT DATA G 2456 33 5.39

＜4568＞ Daiichi Sankyo 5424 47 4.61

＜5803＞ Fujikura 3182 126 4.12

＜4901＞ FUJIFILM 3464 33 3.24

＜6501＞ Hitachi 15485 330 2.16

＜4523＞ Eisai 6694 54 1.77

＜3099＞ Isetan Mitsukoshi HD 2970 47 1.52

＜4452＞ Kao 6909 38 1.24

＜4507＞ Shionogi Pharmaceutical 6912 34 1.11

＜6098＞ Recruit HD 7781 11 1.08

＜6503＞ Mitsubishi Electric 2838 29 0.95

＜7269＞ SUZUKI 1857 7 0.92

＜1801＞ Taisei Corporation 5894 114 0.75

＜6723＞ Renesas Electronics 2872 23 0.74

＜5108＞ Bridgestone 6862 20 0.65

＜7012＞ Kawasaki Heavy Industries 5868 184 0.60

＜7202＞ Isuzu Motors 2034 34 0.55

＜4631＞ DIC 3333 162 0.53

＜5802＞ Sumitomo Electric Industries 2384 16 0.52

○Top stocks that have dropped in price

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

＜8035＞ East Electric 35900 -930 -91.21

＜9983＞ Fast Lite 40230 -890 -87.29

＜6857＞ Advantage 5637 -216 -56.49

＜9984＞ SoftBank G 8511 -219 -42.96

＜6920＞ Lasertec 43600 -1870 -24.45

＜6762＞ TDK 7543 -129 -12.65

＜9766＞ Konami G 10760 -305 -9.97

＜6954＞ FANUC 4577 -51 -8.34

＜6526＞ Socionext 4327 -253 -8.27

＜6758＞ Sony G 12655 -230 -7.52

＜6367＞ Daikin Industries 23990 -230 -7.52

＜6971＞ Kyocera 1831 -28 -7.32

＜4543＞ Terumo 2650 -28 -7.32

＜6504＞ Fuji Electric 8925 -999 -6.53

＜4063＞ Shin-etsuka 5914 -38 -6.21

＜4519＞ Chugai Pharmaceutical 4724 -63 -6.18

＜7735＞ SCREEN 15195 -430 -5.62

＜9433＞ KDDI 4302 -26 -5.10

＜7832＞ Bang Nam HD 3020 -48 -4.71

＜6988＞ Nitto Denko 12140 -125 -4.09