Lacking sense of direction in the development
The Nikkei stock average shows a directionless trend.
In the morning, buying came in on the back of the previous sharp drop (down 392 points).
Immediately there were moments of a slight decline, but a quick rebound followed, rising to as high as 29,867 yen (up 171 yen from the previous session).
After the first round of gains, profit-taking pressure softened, and it again fell into the negative zone, dropping to as low as 29,523 yen (down 173 yen).
Trading near the previous session's close through the mid-session.
The Mothers index opened flat, then fell, reversed, and softened again, ending with a slight gain, mirroring the same pattern as the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Nikkei Stock Average 29,685.77 -10.86 -0.04% (current pre-open/close for the second consecutive decline)
25-day moving divergence (%)
Dow Jones CFD 33,433 +3 +0.01%
WTI Crude Oil near term 59.32 -0.30%
Shanghai Composite 3,453.35 -29.62 -0.85%
Hong Kong Hang Seng 28,646.62 -282.12 -0.99%
SQ value: 29,282.41 yen (March 12) 26,713.47 yen (December Major SQ)
TOPIX 1,959.83 +5.49 +0.28% (back in positive territory after 2 days)
Foreign exchange: 1 USD = 109.758 JPY; 1 EUR = 130.247 JPY Bitcoin 6358.894 -2.02%
TOKYO Stock Exchange Mothers 1,225.89 +0.23 +0.02% (back in positive territory after 2 days)
Nikkei Jasdaq Average 3,942.34 +4.03 +0.10% (back in positive territory after 2 days)
TSE Second Section Index 7,522.91 +13.45 +0.18% (back in positive territory after 2 days)
TSE First Section trading volume was 5,301.6 million shares, trading value 1,195.7 billion yen.
TSE First Section’s advancing issues: 1,590 (72%), declining: 496 (22%), unchanged: 100 (4%).
In the sector-by-sector rankings, 26 sectors advanced and 7 declined.
Top gainers include: Metal products, Steel, Shipping, Rubber products, Glass and porcelain, Warehousing and transportation-related, Nonferrous metals, …
Top decliners include: Pharmaceuticals, Securities, Commodities futures, Land transportation, Banking, Insurance, Machinery, Precision equipment.
Top gainers in the First Section: Oriental Shokai <1786> [now 305 yen, +25 yen] Medisis <4350> [now 832 yen, +60 yen]
Premier G <7199> [now 2,879 yen, +201 yen] Toshiba Tec <6588> [now 4,515 yen, +310 yen]
Top decliners: Cybernet Systems <3683> [now 1,581 yen, -136 yen] Nextage <3186> [now 1,736 yen, -146 yen]
PopIns HD <7258> [now 4,180 yen, -325 yen] Jayree <7187> [now 837 yen, -48 yen]
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