April 30th ADR trends = Advantest, Keyence, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and others are high in yen conversion values.

On April 30, the ADRs (American Depositary Receipt) showed mixed results compared to the Tokyo closing prices on the same day when converted to yen. In terms of yen values, Advantest <6857.T>, Keyence <6861.T>, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries <7011.T>, Mizuho <8411.T>, and SoftBank Group <9984.T> were higher. On the other hand, INPEX <1605.T>, Nidec Corporation Sponsored ADR <6594.T>, Sony Group Corp <6758.T>, Murata Manufacturing <6981.T>, and Nitori Holdings <9843.T> were softer.

Kabushiki Shimbun18:39 ET

List of cloud penetration stocks [Ichimoku Kinko Hyo - List of cloud penetration stocks]

○ List of stocks breaking through the clouds in the market Code Stock Name Closing Price Leading Span A Leading Span B Tokyo Main Board <1870> Yuhagi Construction 1415 1336.75 1393.5 <1885> Toa Construction 1375 1374.25 1298 <1930> Hokuriku Electric Engineering 1249 1220.51 174 <1938> Nihon Re-Tech 1616 1542.75 1447 <1950> Japan Electric Installation 2168 2151.52 404

Fisco JapanApr 29 18:55 ET

Jefferies Adjusts Keyence's Price Target to 72,700 Yen From 79,600 Yen, Keeps at Buy

MT NewswiresApr 28 06:41 ET · Ratings

Japanese Stocks Rise Amid Signs Of Eased US Pressure On Yen

MT NewswiresApr 28 02:44 ET

Kinden, Yamazaki Pan ETC (additional) Rating

Downgrade - Bearish Code Stock Name Securities Company Previous After--------------------------------------------------------------<6523> PHCHD Morgan Stanley "Equal Weight" "Under Weight" <8591> ORIX Morgan Stanley "Over Weight" "Equal Weight" Target Price Change Code Stock Name Securities Company Previous After------------------------------------

Fisco JapanApr 27 22:52 ET

Rating Information (Target Price Change - Part 1) = Kindan, Nexela, etc.

Nomura Securities (three-tier system: Buy > Neutral > Reduce) Kinden <1944.T> - "Buy" → "Buy", 4030 yen → 4260 yen Fujielectric <6504.T> - "Buy" → "Buy", 10200 yen → 9100 yen TDK <6762.T> - "Buy" → "Buy", 2450 yen → 2180 yen Keyence <6861.T> - "Buy" → "Buy", 79000 yen → 75000 yen Murata Manufacturing <6981.T> - "Buy" → "Buy"

Kabushiki ShimbunApr 27 20:56 ET