Slight downward resistance
Nikkei Stock Average begins with a pullback.
Because U.S. stocks abroad fell on the 22nd, selling led.
After the selling ran its course, there were indications of a rebound, and the index showed a slight retreat.
The Mothers Index also started negative, but buyers emerged, showing a slight firming.
Nikkei Stock Average 28,894.60 -293.57 -1.01% (as of 9:32, down for the second day in a row)
25-day moving average deviation: -1.59%
Dow Jones CFD 33,853 +37 +0.11%
WTI Crude Oil near-month 61.76 +0.96%
SQ value: 29,909.73 (4/9) 29,282.41 (March major SQ)
TOPIX 1,910.48 -12.02 -0.63% (down for the second day in a row)
Foreign exchange: 1 USD = 107.891 JPY 1 EUR = 129.667 JPY Bitcoin 5,576.822 -4.84%
TSE Mothers 1,226.41 -0.35 -0.03% (down for the second day in a row)
Nikkei Jasdaq Average 3,908.62 -4.03 -0.10% (down for the second day in a row)
TSE Second Section Index 7,459.50 -4.74 -0.06% (down for the second day in a row)
TSE First Section trading volume was 226,800,000 shares, and trading value was 4,660 billion yen.
TSE First Section advancing issues: 868 (40%), declining: 1,149 (53%), unchanged: 151 (6%).
Sector-wise, 9 sectors rose and 24 sectors fell.
Top gainers include: Aviation, Maritime, Rubber Products, Real Estate, Pulp & Paper, Banking, Electric Utilities, …
Top losers include: Machinery, Electrical Equipment, Information & Communications, Metal Products, Transportation Equipment, Services, …
Top gainers in the First Section: Hokushin <7897> [currently 150 yen +21 yen], Elematec <2715> [currently 1186 yen +121 yen]
Daido Kogyo <6373> [currently 969 yen +81 yen], SigmaXis <6088> [currently 2073 yen +174 yen]
Top losers: Nidec <6594> [currently 12,980 yen -990 yen], Monex Group <8698> [currently 842 yen -59 yen]
Japan Radio Company <6779> [currently 699 yen -40 yen], Zeni Takawa-gumi <1811> [currently 4,605 yen -250 yen]
Three mega banks: Mitsubishi UFJ <8306> [currently 570.8 yen +0.3], Mizuho <8411> [currently 1,507.0 yen -2.5]
Sumitomo Mitsui <8316> [currently 3,762 yen +2]
Nomura <8604> [currently 575.7 yen +4.6], Daiwa <8601> [currently 556.9 yen -3.1]
SoftBank Group <9984> [currently 9,972 yen +128], Toyota <7203> [currently 8,258 yen -110]
Sony <6758> [currently 11,795 yen +75], Fujifilm <4901> [currently 6,993 yen -64], Takeda <4502> [currently 3,684.0 yen -24.0]
Nikkei Leverage <1570> [currently 31,900 yen -650], Nikkei 2x Long <1357> [currently 422 yen +8]
CBOE VIX <1552> [currently 3,575 yen +165], Dow Bear <2041> [currently 3,080 yen +20]
WTI Crude Oil ETF <1671> [currently 1,277 yen +13]
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