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Nikkei225 Summary Tue 24 Dec 2024 - Japan’s Nikkei slipped 0.32% on low volume as most investors were on leave and stayed away for the Christmas week in preparation of welcoming the new year holidays next week from 31 Dec to 3 Jan (Tue to Fri). Christmas is not a public holiday in Japan and many celebrate by having a KFC bucket of.... yes... chicken... not turkey. Merry Christmas  o(〃＾▽＾〃)o Nikkei225  39,036.85 (-124.49 -0.32%) 102 up 122 down 1 flat Topix   2,727.26 (+0.52 +0.02%) REIT    1,642.88 (+7.27 +0.44%) JGB 10YR  1.071% (+0.0024)                                               USD/JPY  157.21 (+0.03 0.02%) Crude Oil  70.17 (+0.93 +1.34%) Top Performers Honda Motor Co. Ltd.     ¥1,432.50 (+...

Nikkei 225 Volatility Index - Tue 24 Dec 2024 18.31 (-3.53 -16.16%)   

 

 

 

Company Profile Company Name: In-dex,Inc. Scheduled Listing Date: Wed Dec. 25, 2024 Market Section: TOKYO PRO Market Representative NOZAKI Yuichi, President Address of Main Office 1-14-11 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo, 160-0023 Tel. +81-3-5909-0350 Home Page: https://in-dex.co.jp/ Date of Incorporation: May 1, 2001 Description of Business: Used real estate sales business Category of Industry: Real Estate Ticker: 301A Income Statement (Profit & Loss  '000 yen)  

Nikkei225 Summary Mon 23 Dec 2024 - Japan’s Nikkei rebounds 459 points tracking the recovery on Wall Street overnight, keeping hopes of a Santa rally alive. Nikkei225  39,161.34 (+459.44 +1.19%) 183 up 40 down 2 flat Topix   2,726.74 (+24.75 +0.92%) REIT    1,635.61 (+11.38 +0.70%) JGB 10YR  1.069% (+0.0136)                                                USD/JPY  157.13 (+0.72 +0.46%) Crude Oil  69.55 (+0.09 +0.13%) Top Performers Mitsubishi Motors Corp.     ¥491.10 (+24.50 +5.25%) - automotive -> possible target in honda-nissan merger Advantest Corp.     ¥9,000.00 (+391.00 +4.54%) - semicon Honda Motor Co. Ltd.     ¥1,276.50 (+47.00 +3.82%) - automotive ...

Nikkei 225 Volatility Index - Mon 23 Dec 2024 21.84 (-1.34 -5.78%)   

 

 

 

TOKYO – December 18, 2024 – ispace, inc. (ispace) (TOKYO: 9348), a global lunar exploration company, today released its SMBC x HAKUTO-R Venture Moon Mission 2 Milestones & Ventures, outlining its mission objectives and lunar surface exploration goals, as well as the opening of a six-day launch window mid-January, the company announced in a Keynote. ispace Mission 2 will launch to the Moon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket along with the Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 which is set to launch during a six-day window that opens no earlier than mid-January 2025. The ispace RESILIENCE lunar lander will be the second to deploy during the mission. The RESILIENCE lander will take a low energy orbit as done during Mission 1, so transit will take several months ahead of a targeted landing 4 to 5 months after launch. “Today, we are excited to announce that in approximately one month, ispace’s historic Mission 2 will be launching and we will make our second attempt to land on the Moon,” said Takeshi Ha...

Nikkei225 Summary Fri 20 Dec 2024 - Japan’s Nikkei continues its losing streak as sentiment remains weak after Wall Street's plunge on Wed night. Leading gainers today are property firms, benefitting from savings on loans as the BOJ projects lower for longer rates. On the bright side, Wall Street recovered about half of their losses on Friday night on tamer Nov inflation; the PCE price index increased just 0.1% from Oct, lower than expected. Hopefully this can influence the Nikkei positively on Mon's open. Nikkei225  38,701.90 (-111.68 -0.29%) 105 up 115 down 5 flat Topix   2,701.99 (-11.84 -0.44%) REIT    1,624.23 (+10.78 +0.67%) JGB 10YR  1.055% (-0.0311)                                           USD/JPY  156.41 (-1.03 -0.65%) Crude Oil  6...

Nikkei 225 Volatility Index - Fri 20 Dec 2024 23.18 (-0.72 -3.01%)   

 

 

 

Company Profile Company Name: Thirty Four co.,ltd. Scheduled Listing Date: Fri Dec. 27, 2024 Market Section: TOKYO PRO Market Representative KARAHASHI Kazuo, President Address of Main Office 1-14-3 Hashimoto, Midori-ku, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa, 252-0143 Tel. +81-42-779-7766 Home Page: https://www.thirty-four.co.jp/ Date of Incorporation: Dec. 18, 1992 Description of Business: Planning, design, construction, and selling of house (ready-built house/custom house), Buying and selling commercial/investment property, Non-residential construction and major renovation, Real estate leasing and management, Renovating vacant house, Restaurant management, Operating taxi company, etc. Category of Industry: Real Estate Ticker: 310A  Income Statement (Profit & Loss  '000 yen)

Nikkei225 Summary Thu 19 Dec 2024 - Japan’s Nikkei slips at the open before recovering losses after BOJ decides to keep rates steady at 0.25% for now. Thanks Ueda san. Meantime, Honda has accelerated acqusition talks with Nissan as Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry - also known as Foxconn - has started talks with France's Renault to acquire its 36% stake in Nissan. Nissan's management feels that it is better to keep the automaker's controlling interest within Japanese business circles than to let it fall into the hands of Hon Hai or other activist investors. Nikkei225  38,813.58 (-268.13 -0.69%) 81 up 142 down 2 flat Topix   2,713.83 (-6.04 -0.22%) REIT    1,613.45 (-7.15 -0.44%) JGB 10YR  1.086% (+0.0194)                                          ...

Nikkei 225 Volatility Index - Thu 19 Dec 2024 23.90 (+2.78 +13.16%)   

 

 

 

Company Profile Company Name: b-style holdings,Inc. Scheduled Listing Date: Fri Dec. 27, 2024 Market Section: Growth Market Representative MIHARA Kunihiko, President and Chief Executive Officer Address of Main Office 6-18-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-0023 Tel. +81-3-5363-4400 Home Page: https://www.bstylegroup.co.jp/ Date of Incorporation: Feb. 14, 2020 Description of Business: Management and administration of the Group companies engaged in temporary staffing and recruitment, job matching platform, digital transformation, and other businesses Category of Industry: Services Ticker: 302A Indicative offer price: 2,070 yen Income Statement (Profit & Loss  '000 yen)

Nikkei225 Summary Wed 18 Dec 2024 - Japan’s Nikkei slides ahead of BOJ's policy decision on Thu as investors stay cautious. Meanwhile, the Fed cut interest rates as expected by 0.25% on Wed but projected fewer rate cuts for 2025; a reduction from 4 to 2 cuts as the Fed takes a cautious stance to pre-empt incoming trade policies, raising the target policy rate to 3.9% from 3.4%. Markets plunged on the Fed's higher-for-longer rate projection, with the Dow dropping 1,123.03 (-2.58%) points and the Nikkei futures slipping to 38,470 (-730 -1.86%). A sea of red is likely for Nikkei's opening tomorrow. Nikkei225  39,081.71 (-282.97 -0.72%) 78 up 144 down 3 flat Topix   2,719.87 (-8.33 -0.31%) REIT    1,620.60 (-4.03 -0.25%) JGB 10YR  1.067% (-0.0106)                                   ...

Nikkei 225 Volatility Index - Wed 18 Dec 2024 21.12 (+1.55 +7.92%)   

 

 

 

 December 17, 2024 — TORRANCE, Calif. Sixth-generation Prelude marks return of iconic nameplate to the Honda lineup Prelude will advance the "joy of driving" into the electrified future with Honda’s award-winning two-motor hybrid powertrain Electrified sport coupe will debut innovative Honda S+ Shift feature designed to enhance the driving experience First introduced in November 1978, the Prelude nameplate has long attracted enthusiasts with its sporty looks and performance Honda celebrates 25 years of electrification – Honda introduced America’s first hybrid-electric model a quarter century ago Honda today announced an all-new hybrid-electric Prelude sports coupe will be introduced to the U.S. market late next year, returning one of the brand's most iconic nameplates to the lineup. The stylish new Prelude will mark the debut of Honda S+ Shift, an innovative new drive mode that further advances Linear Shift Control to deliver maximum levels of driver engagement, in keepin...

Nikkei225 Summary Tue 17 Dec 2024 - Japan’s Nikkei drops 92.81 points led by Advantest which counts Nvidia as a key client of its testing services; this mirrors Nvidia's recent weakness in its stock price after Chinese regulators opened an investigation into its sales practice. Sales in China account for about 17% of Nvidia's total revenue. Nikkei225  39,364.68 (-92.81 -0.24%) 71 up 153 down 1 flat Topix   2,728.20 (-10.13 -0.37%) REIT    1,624.63 (-3.40 -0.21%) JGB 10YR  1.077% (+0.0055)                                    USD/JPY  153.43 (-0.73 -0.47%) Crude Oil  70.22 (-0.49 -0.69%) Top Performers SoftBank Group Corp.     ¥9,837.00 (+416.00 +4.42%) - telecoms & venture investor in Alibaba, ARM, OpenAI, DoorDash etc Japan Steel Works Ltd.  ...

Nikkei 225 Volatility Index - Tue 17 Dec 2024 19.57 (-0.39 -1.95%)   

 

 

 

Mon 16 Dec 2024 - SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son has jointly announced a $100 billion investment plan in USA with President-elect Donald Trump during a visit today to his residence at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. The Japanese billionaire investor and founder of the Vision Fund targets to create 100,000 jobs focused on artificial intelligence and other leading edge technologies. The money will be deployed over Trump’s four year term.  

Nikkei225 Summary Mon 16 Dec 2024 - Japan’s Nikkei drops slightly on low volume trading while awaiting expected Fed rate cuts on Wed and likely rate hold by the BOJ on Thu. Nikkei225  39,457.49 (-12.95 -0.03%) 76 up 149 down 0 flat Topix   2,738.33 (-8.23 -0.30%) REIT    1,628.03 (-6.54 -0.40%) JGB 10YR  1.072% (+0.0314)                              USD/JPY  154.16 (+0.46 +0.30%) Crude Oil  70.60 (-0.69 -0.97%) Top Performers Socionext Inc.     ¥2,817.00 (+211.00 +8.10%) - semicon Sumitomo Pharma Co. Ltd.     ¥608.00 (+29.00 +5.01%) - pharma Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd.     ¥7,015.00 (+304.00 +4.53%) - industrial electronics Bottom Performers Yamato Holdings Co. Ltd.     ¥1,757.00 (-78.00 -4.25%) - logistics & transport Odak...

Nikkei 225 Volatility Index - Mon 16 Dec 2024 19.96 (-1.67 -7.72%)