The Nikkei average is up about 440 yen, showing strength mainly in export-related stocks = two days ago.

On the 2nd at around 10:07 AM, the Nikkei average stock price was trading at around 36,890 yen, up about 440 yen from the previous day. At 9:47 AM, it reached 36,976.51 yen, an increase of 524.21 yen. In the US market on the 1st local time, supported by strong earnings from Microsoft and Meta (formerly Facebook), the NY Dow rose for the seventh consecutive day while the Nasdaq Composite Index rebounded. Japanese stocks were buoyed by the rise in US stocks and the yen moving toward a depreciation direction on the Foreign Exchange market, leading to initial buying. Regarding US tariff policies, Bessent, the US Treasury ...

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The Nikkei average rose by 406 points, continuing its significant six-day gain, as the awareness of a delay in policy interest rate increases grew due to the downward revision of GDP growth rate = the afternoon of the 1st.

On the closing day, the Nikkei average stock price increased by 406.92 yen from the previous day to 36,452.30 yen, marking a significant six-day winning streak. The TOPIX (Tokyo Stock Price Index) also rose by 12.15 points to 2,679.44 points, continuing its upward trend for seven days. Following the movement of the NY Dow Inc, which rebounded after a morning dip on April 30, Japanese stocks were initially favored by buyers. However, as the announcement of the Bank of Japan's monetary policy meeting results approached, a wait-and-see mood strengthened, although the meeting decided to maintain the current monetary market adjustment policy.

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The Nikkei average is up about 70 yen, after a round of buying, it is heavy on the upside due to selling while waiting for a pullback = morning of May 1.

On May 1st at 10:18 AM, the Nikkei Average was trading around 36,110 yen, up about 70 yen from the previous day. At 9:13 AM, it reached 36,341.62 yen, up 296.24 yen. In the US market on April 30th local time, while the Nasdaq Composite Index fell, the NY Dow rebounded after an early decline, marking its seventh consecutive day of gains. The impact of the negative growth in Q1 GDP (Gross Domestic Product) was countered. The effect on the Nikkei Average is significant from the SOX (Philadelphia Semiconductors).

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