A modest two-day rally in a row
The first half of April is coming to an end.
The Nikkei stock average rose slightly for the second day in a row.
In the morning, buying was favored on the back of briefly favorable US economic indicators.
However, there seems to be strong selling pressure waiting for a pullback, and the index, which had high for the day at 29,789 yen, rose 146 yen from the previous close at the open, but then pared gains.
In the afternoon, buying led, and with Asia stocks broadly solid during the lunch break, there were moments where it neared the morning's high.
Later, after being pushed back into negative territory by futures selling, it recovered again, but the rebound remained limited and ended with small movements.
The Mothers Index rebounded.
Buying spread across a wide range of stocks, led by large-cap stocks, and the index trended higher steadily.
Nikkei Stock Average 29,683.37 +40.68 +0.14% (close, up for the second day)
25-day moving average deviation (%)
Dow Jones CFD 34,013 -23 -0.07%
WTI crude oil front month 63.87 +0.92%
Shanghai Composite 3,428.59 +29.60 +0.86%
Hong Kong Hang Seng Index 29,000.87 +237.87 +0.82%
SQ value: 29,909 yen 73 sen (April 9) 29,282 yen 41 sen (March major SQ)
TOPIX 1,960.87 +1.74 +0.09% (up for the second day)
Foreign exchange: 1 USD = 108.869 JPY 1 EUR = 130.252 JPY Bitcoin 6712.557 -2.67%
TSE Mothers 1,250.47 +22.33 +1.82% (rebounded for the first time in two days)
Nikkei Jasdaq Average 3,954.53 +6.36 +0.16% (down for two days)
TSE Second Section Index 7,521.44 +7.54 +0.10% (up for two days)
Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section trading volume: 901.5 million shares, value traded: 2.0555 trillion yen.
Number of advancing vs. declining issues on First Section: 1,021 up (46%), 1,051 down (47%), 118 unchanged (5%).
Sector rankings show 21 sectors up and 12 sectors down.
Among the gainers: mining, insurance, air transport, real estate, precision equipment, glass and stone products, fishing and agriculture/forestry, …
Among the decliners: shipping, electricity and gas, banking, steel, metal products, transportation equipment, machinery, …
Top gainers on the First Section include Hio Electric <6866> [current 5,150 yen +700 yen], KIBUN Foods <2933> [current 1,781 yen +214 yen]
Square Enix Holdings <9684> [current 6,900 yen +740 yen], RPA Holdings <6572> [current 840 yen +72 yen]
Top losers include Yoshimura FH <2884> [current 947 yen -98 yen], Tokyo Kambu <4745> [current 627 yen -41 yen]
Toshiba <6502> [current 4,600 yen -295 yen], Career Link <6070> [current 2,344 yen -140 yen]
Three mega banks MUFG <8306> [current 590.3 yen -1.3 yen], Mizuho <8411> [current 1,556.5 yen -3.5 yen]
Sumitomo Mitsui <8316> [current 3,885 yen -25 yen]
Nomura <8604> [current 582.0 yen -0.5 yen], Daiwa <8601> [current 583.7 yen +0.8 yen]
SoftBank Group <9984> [current 10,080 yen -70 yen], Toyota <7203> [current 8,530 yen -34 yen]
Sony <6758> [current 12,080 yen -125 yen], Fujifilm <4901> [current 6,850 yen -106 yen], Takeda <4502> [current 3,704 yen -11 yen]
Nikkei Leverage <1570> [current 33,800 yen +150 yen], Nikkei 2x Inverse <1357> [current 401 yen -1 yen]
International VIX <1552> [current 3,490 yen -80 yen], Dow Bear <2041> [current 3,050 yen -20 yen]
WTI Crude Oil ETF <1671> [current 1,333 yen +12 yen]
From here, notable stocks
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