Strong rebound start
The Nikkei Stock Average opened with a sharp rebound.
The anomaly of ends-month lows and beginnings-month highs continues.
Following yesterday's retreat and the news of a $2 trillion fiscal stimulus plan unveiled in the United States on the 31st local time, expectations for economic recovery rose, and buying dominated.
Before trading began, the Bank of Japan released the March Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan ( 決算BOJ Tankan ),
with the DI for large manufacturers at plus 5, improving from minus 10 in the previous December 2020 survey, and beating market expectations of minus 1.
Semiconductors-related stocks remained solid.
The Mothers Index rose steadily for the third day in a row.
Nikkei Stock Average 29,449.10 +270.30 +0.93% (9:30 a.m. — rebound for the first time in two days)
25-day moving average deviation: +0.51%
Dow Jones CFD: 33,032 +51 +0.15%
WTI crude oil near term: 59.48 -1.77%
SQ values: 29,282.41 yen (Mar 12) and 26,713.47 yen (December Major SQ)
TOPIX 1,966.67 +12.67 +0.65% (rebound for the first time in three days)
Foreign exchange: 1 USD = 110.747 JPY, 1 EUR = 129.815 JPY. Bitcoin 6530.537 +0.32%
TSE Mothers 1,218.28 +15.00 +1.25% (three days of gains)
Nikkei JASDAQ Average 3,947.61 +8.98 +0.23% (two days of gains)
TSE Second Section Index 7,498.80 +2.43 +0.03% (two days of gains)
TSE First Section trading volume was 274.32 million shares, with trading value of 583.8 billion yen.
TSE First Section advancers: 1,115 (51%), decliners: 941 (43%), unchanged: 115 (5%).
Industry-wise, 27 sectors rose and 6 fell.
Among gainers: Insurance, Marine Transport, Precision Instruments, Other Products, Electrical Machinery, Construction, Information & Communications, …
Among losers: Airlines, Steel, Other Financials, Electricity & Gas, Transportation Equipment, Retail.
Top gainers on the TSE First Section include Kinki Sharyo <7122> [currently 1,478 yen +146], Star Micaca <2975> [currently 1,324 yen +110]
Toshiba <6502> [currently 4,060 yen +320], Yamashita Health <9265> [currently 2,356 yen +161]
Top losers include Helios Techno <6927> [currently 411 yen -22], Fujikura Component <5121> [currently 578 yen -30]
Career Index <6538> [currently 696 yen -24], Nitori HD <9843> [currently 20,555 yen -870]
3 mega-banks: Mitsubishi UFJ <8306> [currently 599.6 yen +7.8], Mizuho <8411> [currently 1,610.5 yen +12.0]
Sumitomo Mitsui <8316> [currently 4,025 yen +18]
Nomura <8604> [currently 581.5 yen -0.0], Daiwa <8601> [currently 576.6 yen +3.5]
SoftBank Group <9984> [currently 9,404 yen +72], Toyota <7203> [currently 8,484 yen -134]
Sony <6758> [currently 11,605 yen +15], Fujifilm <4901> [currently 6,658 yen +87], Takeda <4502> [currently 4,049 yen +64]
Nikkei Leverage <1570> [currently 33,000 yen +550], Nikkei 225 Inverse ETF <1357> [currently 409 yen -8]
International VIX <1552> [currently 4,035 yen -100], NY Dow Bear <2041> [currently 3,135 yen -5]
WTI Crude Oil ETF <1671> [currently 1,265 yen -30]
I will be going out around 10:30 today.
I think I will be able to return in the afternoon.
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