Japan Market Outlook- 20 July 2021

The Japanese stock market is lower after a dramatic drop The major exporters are mostly down, with and in early trading on Tuesday, extending losses from the down almost 2% and down past four sessions, with the benchmark Nikkei index 0.3 percent, respectively. Canon's stock is up more than trading around 27,500. Following the extensively adverse 8%. signs from Wall Street short-term, like a flood in the Covid's delta variation diseases started a wide auction and is one of the worst losers, down nearly 4%, while reestablished infection fears grasped showcases in front of Group, Motors, CyberAgent, and Mitsubishi the Olympics. Chemical Holdings are all down about 3%. , Fudosan, GS Yuasa, Zinc, Fanuc, , After touching a low of 27,330.15 earlier, the East Railway, , and Sumitomo Index is down 133.69 points, or 0.48 percent, to Metal Mining are all dropped more than 2%. 27,519.05. On Monday, Japanese stocks finished significantly lower. Seiko Epson, on the other hand, is up upwards of 5%, is up or more 3%, is up over 3%, and Nichirei SoftBank Group has lost more than 1% of its value, while is up almost 2%. Uniqlo operator has lost nearly 1%. has lost more than 2% of its market value, while has lost more than 1%. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said on Tuesday that overall consumer prices in Japan were and Screen Holdings are both up 0.5 percent in up 0.2 percent year over year in June. Following a 0.1 the tech sector, while is up over 1%. percent drop in May, this was in line with forecasts. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial is down about 2% in the banking Consumer prices rose 0.2 percent on an annual basis, sector, while Sumitomo Mitsui Financial and Mizuho excluding volatile food prices. Following a 0.1 percent Financial are both down more than 1%. increase the previous month, this also met expectations.

Top Gainers Top Losers

Company Last Price Change% Company Last Price Change%

Canon Inc. ¥2,684.50 8.29% Inpex Corp. ¥765.00 -3.53%

Seiko Epson Corp. ¥1,933.00 5.92% Co. Ltd. ¥548.00 -3.35%

Nikon Corp. ¥1,007.00 3.60% Dentsu Group Inc. ¥3,800.00 -3.06%

Ricoh Co. Ltd. ¥1,198.00 2.92% CyberAgent Inc. ¥2,157.00 -2.93%

Nichirei Corp. ¥3,015.00 2.20% Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. ¥900.90 -2.81% Japan Market Outlook- 20 July 2021

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