As of the close 12 days ago, the number of rising stocks in the Nikkei average constituent stocks was 80 stocks rising, 143 stocks falling, and 2 stocks unchanged.

The Nikkei average fell sharply, ending the morning session trading at 41,388.92 yen (approximately 0.9 billion 90 million shares traded), down 835.10 yen (-1.98%) from the previous day.

The U.S. stock market was mixed, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing at 39,753.75, up 32.39 points (+0.08%), the Nasdaq down 364.04 points (-1.95%) to 18,283.41, and the S&P 500 down 49.37 points (-0.88%) to 5,584.54. The June Consumer Price Index (CPI) is evidence of slowing inflation, which is expected to lead to a rate cut. Although sensitive to interest rate trends, the Dow remained strong throughout the day, while the Nasdaq lagged behind, with profit-taking sales prevailing due to rotation or a sense of exhaustion near its record high, and continued to move weakly and expand its losses towards the end of the session. The market closed mixed.

Against the backdrop of a sharp drop in Nasdaq and a rapid rise in the yen exchange rate, the Tokyo market began trading heavily in favor of selling. The Nikkei average fell temporarily by more than 1,000 yen due to the sharp drop in semiconductor stocks and selling of 225 futures contracts. On the other hand, more than 60% of the stocks in the Prime market rose, and the TOPIX remained relatively stable. The weakness of the Nikkei average, which had been rising at an accelerating pace, was noticeable. The July Options Special Settlement Index (SQ tentative value) calculated at the opening was 41,531.26 yen.

Among the Nikkei average adopted stocks, semiconductor stocks such as Disco <6146>, Tokyo Electron <8035>, Advantest <6857>, Renesas Electronics <6723>, Softbank Group <9984> plummeted due to the significant decline of NASDAQ. Additionally, the announcement of First Retailing <9983> and Seven & i HD <3382>, also faced severe declines. Furthermore, due to the decline of interest rates, T&D Holdings <8795>, Tokio Marine Holdings <8766>, and Dai-ichi Life Holdings <8750> also declined.

On the other hand, real estate stocks such as Sumitomo Realty & Development <8830>, Mitsubishi Estate Co. <8802>, Mitsui Fudosan Co. <8801>, Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corp. <3289>, and Tokyo Tatemono Co. <8804> rose due to lower interest rates. Sekisui House <1928> and Daiwa House Industry <1925> were also bought. Furthermore, Nitto Holdings Co. <9843>, Nichirei Corp. <2871>, and Nissui Co. <1332> rose as yen-benefit issues.

In terms of industry, insurance, electric appliances, banking, marine transportation, petroleum and coal products, etc. declined, while real estate, construction, textile and apparel, fisheries and agriculture, and land transportation, etc. rose.

The top contributor to the falling stocks was Tokyo Electron <8035>, which pushed the Nikkei average down about 217 yen by one stock. The second place was First Retailing <9983>, followed by Softbank G <9984>, Advantest <6857>, Disco <6146>, TDK <6762>, Fanuc <6954>, and others.

On the other hand, the top contributor to rising stocks was Nitori HD <9843>, which pushed up the Nikkei average by about 12 yen with one stock. The second place was Sumitomo Realty & Development <8830>, followed by M3 <2413>, Yaskawa Electric <6506>, Mitsui Fudosan <8801>, Shiseido Company <4911>, Bandai Namco Holdings <7832>, and others.

*As of 11:30.

Nikkei average stock price: 41388.92 (-835.10)

Number of rising stocks: 80 (contribution degree +89.22)

Number of falling stocks: 143 (contribution degree -924.32)

Number of unchanged stocks 2

○ Top advancing stocks

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

<9843> Nitori HD 17340 760 12.42

<8830> Sumitomo Realty & Development 5132 236 7.72

<2413> M3 1638 75 5.88

<6506> Yaskawa Electric 5809 176 5.75

<8801> Mitsui Fudosan 1531 38 3.73

<4911> Shiseido Company, Limited Sponsored ADR 4712 109 3.56

<7832> Bandai Namco Holdings 3251 33 3.24

<9735> Secom Co 9690 87 2.84

<1928> Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co 3763 84 2.75

<6367> Daikin Industries, Ltd. Unsponsored ADR 23355 70 2.29

<1925> Daiwa House Industry Co Ltd 4233 68 2.22

<6273> SMC Corporation 83190 630 2.06

<2871> Nichirei Corporation 3599 125 2.04

Mitsubishi Estate (8802) 2674 61 1.99

Omron (6645) 5822 61 1.99

Oriental Land Co., Ltd. unsponsored adr (4661) 4632 56 1.83

Marui Group Co., Ltd. (8252) 2421 54 1.77

Aeon (8267) 3376 51 1.67

Nidec Corporation sponsored adr (6594) 7109 62 1.62

Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (9009) 5332 97 1.59

Top decreasing stocks

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

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (8035) 35830 -2220 -217.72

First Retailing Co., Ltd. (9983) 43500 -1700 -166.72

Softbank Group Corp (9984) 11445 -475 -93.17

Advantest Corp (6857) 6514 -327 -85.52

DISCO Corp. (6146) 63330 -5210 -34.06

TDK Corp (6762) 10705 -280 -27.46

Fanuc Corp (6954) 4485 -114 -18.63

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (8766) 6201 -275 -13.49

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (4063) 6640 -75 -12.26

Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd (3382) 1818 -122.5 -12.01

Konami Holdings Corp (9766) 11845 -320 -10.46

Laser Technology, Inc. (6920) 33460 -750 -9.81

Sony Group Corp (6758) 15090 -290 -9.48

<7269> Suzuki 1891 -63 -8.24

<4543> Terumo 2749 -30.5 -7.98

<6981> Murata Manufacturing 3599 -98 -7.69

<6988> Nitto Denko 13345 -230 -7.52

<7735> SCREEN 15765 -530 -6.93

<6098> Recruit Holdings 9371 -70 -6.87

<4901> Fujifilm 3841 -68 -6.67 Contribution ranking (pre-closing) ~