Japan's domestic new car sales volume decreased by 13% year-on-year in the first half of the year.
On July 1st, Gelunhui - The Japan Automobile Sales Association and the National Association of Light Vehicles of Japan released data that showed that from January to June 2024, the preliminary statistics for new car sales in Japan totaled 2,127,490 vehicles, a decrease of 13% year-on-year, due to the impact of some vehicle models being suspended from shipment due to fraudulent certification applications by multiple Japanese automakers. The preliminary statistics for new sales of small-displacement cars were 729,839 vehicles, a decrease of 18% year-on-year, and the sales of new small-displacement cars reached its lowest level in 13 years.
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Nikkei average contribution ranking (pre-market) - Nikkei average continues to rise, pushed up by about 50 yen with two stocks, SoftBank G and KDDI corporation.
As of the close on July 1st, the number of rising stocks among the Nikkei average constituent stocks was 153, the number of falling stocks was 72, and the number of unchanged stocks was 0. The Nikkei average continued to rise and closed at 39,687.40 yen (approximately 820 million shares traded) in the morning session, up 104.32 yen (+0.26%) compared to the previous business day. On the 28th, the US stock market fell, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 45.20 points (-0.12%) to 39,118.86 and the NASDAQ index down 126.08 points (-0.71%) to 17,732.
Three points to watch in the morning session - Interest is focused on the movement of the financial sector.
In the morning of July 1st's trade, there are three points that need attention: ■Interest in the trend of the financial sector ■Takashimaya, 25/2 upward revision Operating profit 55 billion yen ← 50 billion yen ■Points to watch in the morning: Ricoh, second example of dispatched entrepreneurship, management support tool for management. Interest in the trend of the financial sector. The Japanese stock market on July 1st started with buying, but it is likely to gradually become more deadlock. On June 28th, in the US market, the NY Dow was down $45 and the Nasdaq was down 126 points.
List of stock information from newspapers including Ricoh and Sumitomo Corporation.
*Ricoh (7752) starts its second entrepreneurial venture, offering management support tools (Nikkan Kogyo, front page) -○*Toyota Motor (7203) violates subcontractor law by storing molds for free as part of its customization and development program (Nikkan Kogyo, page 3) -○*Sumitomo Corporation (8053) invests 6.4 billion yen in six dispersed power projects in the United States (Nikkan Kogyo, page 4) -○*Sony Group Corp. (6758) will cut 250 jobs at its Miyagi plant while shrinking its Blu-ray production (Nikkan Kogyo, page 4) -○*Kobayashi Pharmaceutical (4967) reports on damage from red yeast rice, including fatalities.
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ADR Japanese stock ranking - Advantest and other stocks are generally favored for buying, Chicago is 170 yen higher than Osaka at 39,790 yen.
Japanese ADR (American Depositary Receipt) stocks, when compared to the Tokyo Stock Exchange (using an exchange rate of 160.88 yen per dollar), such as Advantest <6857>, Renesas <6723>, Mizuho Financial Group <8411>, Nidec <6594>, Disco <6146> and others, rose, with buying predominating in general. The settlement price for Chicago Nikkei 225 futures was 39,790 yen, up 170 yen from the Osaka day-time price. The US stock market fell. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 45.20 dollars to 39,118.86, and the NASDAQ index was down 126.08 points.
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Financial stocks are steady due to buybacks of high-tech stocks and rising interest rates.
Nikkei average rebounded. It ended trading at 39,583.08 yen, up 241.54 yen (approximately 1.71 billion shares traded). The major stock price indexes rose in the US market the day before, and the yen depreciated to the 161 yen level against the dollar for the first time in about 38 years, leading to buying in financial stocks in addition to export-related stocks and in anticipation of intervention, while long-term interest rates rose. The Nikkei average expanded its gains towards the end of the morning session and rose to 39,783.70 yen. However, in the US, personal consumption expenditure (P