On the 12th trading day before the closing, the number of rising stocks in the Nikkei average constituent stocks was 208, the number of falling stocks was 16, and the number of unchanged stocks was 1.

The Nikkei Average rebounded for the first time in 8 days. It closed the morning session of trading at 36,605.62 yen, a gain of 985.85 yen (+2.77%), with a volume of approximately 920 million shares.

The US stock market rose on the 11th. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 40,861.71, up 124.75 points (+0.31%), the Nasdaq closed at 17,395.53, up 369.65 points (+2.17%), and the S&P 500 closed at 5,554.13, up 58.61 points (+1.07%). The core index of the consumer price index (CPI) for August accelerated unexpectedly, leading to a decline in buying expectations for a significant interest rate cut. The market fell after opening due to concerns about a government shutdown risk at the end of September, but Dow Jones narrowed its losses due to a recovery in the financial sector after Goldman Sachs CEO Solomon expressed an optimistic view of the economy, still expecting a soft landing, at an event hosted by the company. The Nasdaq was supported by semiconductor company Nvidia, among others, and turned higher, supporting the overall market. Towards the end of the session, the Dow also recovered into positive territory and closed.

The Tokyo market started trading with a bias towards buying, following the rise in US stocks and a pause in the strong yen trend. The Nikkei Average widened its gains and reached over 1,200 yen above the previous day's close, partly due to speculation that buybacks against the recent decline were entering the futures market. Trading also took into account the September settlement index for options and futures (SQ value), and the market development was somewhat futures-driven, resulting in a trading value of 1.9 trillion yen in the prime market.

Among the stocks adopted in the Nikkei Average, IHI <7013> and UBE <4208> were bought due to positive reports from domestic securities companies. In addition, semiconductor stocks such as Advantest <6857>, Sosei Next <6526>, Tokyo Electron <8035>, and Softbank Group <9984> also rose. In addition, Ebara Corporation <6361>, Tokuyama <4043>, NEC <6701>, Fujikura <5803>, Kawasaki Heavy Industries <7012>, and others were bought.

On the other hand, Daiichi Sankyo <4568>, Asahi Group Holdings <2502>, Nisshin Flour Milling <2002>, Tokyo Building <8804>, Obayashi Corporation <1802>, and NTT <9432> were sold. Outside of the Nikkei Average, Kobe Bussan <3038>, which had been showing strong movement, fell due to negative sentiment towards its financial results.

While all industries were rising, the rise in electric appliances, nonferrous metals, marine transportation, machinery, and precision instruments was noticeable.

The top contributor to the rise was First Retail＜9983＞, which pushed the Nikkei average up by about 130 yen with one stock. SoftBank G＜9984＞ ranked second, followed by Advantest＜6857＞, Tokyo Electron＜8035＞, Shin-Etsu Chemical＜4063＞, TDK＜6762＞, Recruit HD＜6098＞, and others.

On the other hand, the top contributor to the decline was Daiichi Sankyo <4568>, which pushed down the Nikkei average by about 12 yen with one stock. Asahi <2502> came in second place, followed by Nippon Ham <2282>, Obayashi Group <1802>, NTT <9432>, Toyo Building <8804>, and Nisshin Flour G <2002>, among others.

*As of 11:30.

Nikkei Average Stock Price 36605.62 (+985.85)

Number of Advancing Stocks 208 (Contribution +1000.51)

Number of Declining Stocks 16 (Contribution -14.66)

Number of unchanged issues　1

○ Top advancing stocks

Code, Stock Name, Latest Price, Day Change, Contribution

<9983> First Retail 44230 1330 130.44

<9984> SoftBank Group 8463 589 115.53

<6857> Advantest 6177 414 108.27

<8035> Tokyo Electron 23000 790 77.48

<4063> Shin-Etsu Chemical 5747 243 39.72

<6762> TDK 9050 342 33.54

<6098> Recruit Holdings 8724 299 29.32

<4519> Chugai Pharmaceutical 6770 290 28.44

<4543> Terumo 2615 82 21.31

<6367> Daikin Industries 17180 390 12.75

<6954> Fanuc 3794 72 11.77

<6988> Nippon Electric Glass 11360 355 11.61

<7203> Toyota Motor 2489 67 10.87

<9613> NTT Data 2346 63 10.22

<4901> Fujifilm 3872 103 10.10

<9766> Konami 13970 305 9.97

<6971> Kyocera 1709 37 9.68

<6645> Omron 6017 287 9.38

<8015> Toyota Tsusho 2581 95 9.32

<7733> Olympus 2569 68 8.89

Top decreasing stocks

Code, Stock Name, Latest Price, Day Change, Contribution

<4568> Daiichi Sankyo 5077 -124 -12.16

<2502> Asahi GHD 5422 -15 -0.49

<2282> Nippon Ham 5374 -28 -0.46

<1802> Obayashi Corporation 1822 -11.5 -0.38

<9432> Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp 148 -1 -0.33

<8804> Tokyo Tatemono 2235 -18.5 -0.30

<2002> Nisshin Flour Milling 1880 -5 -0.16

<2871> Nichirei 4379 -8 -0.13

<4755> Rakuten Group 927 -2.1 -0.07

<9531> Tokyo Gas 3330 -10 -0.07

<9147> NXHD 7010 -16 -0.05

<9502> Chubu electric power 1716 -6 -0.02

<7205> Hino Motors 396 -0.5 -0.02

<9064> Yamato HD 1608 -0.5 -0.02

<5401> Nippon Steel 2942 -3 -0.01

<5411> JFEHD 1834 -0.5 0.00