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PSA Oct 26: Differing Fortunes for Hitachi, Fujitsu /DoCoMo's FY17 Q2/ Toyota's EV Game Changer/ Ahead of Shin-Etsu's Q2/Chemical sector upward revisions/Fanuc Results Meeting, Yaskawa, SMC/LINE's Q3 - Nikke

Japan Market Comment by Pelham Smithers, Julie Boote, Joel Scheiman, William Nestuk and Thao Nguyen
Nikkei ¥21,739.78 (+¥32.16 / +0.15%); Topix ¥1,753.90 (+¥2.47 / +0.14%); ¥/$113.52
Tags: Daiwa Securities (8601),Chugai Pharm(4519), M3 Inc (2413), Canon (7751), Nidec (6594), Hitachi (6501), Fujitsu (6702), NTT DoCoMo (9437), KDDi (9433), SoftBank (9984), Shin-Etsu Chemical (4063), TSMC (2330 TT), Tokyo Ohka Kogyo (4186), Nippon Shokubai (4114), Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings (4188), Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma (4508), Ube Industries (4208), Shin-Etsu Polymer (7970), Fanuc (6954), Apple (AAPL US), Yaskawa (6506), SMC (6273), LINE (3938)

  • Nikkei narrowly higher as earnings offset Wall Street weakness
  • High P/E stocks down in wake of results
  • Canon continues higher as management increasingly praised
  • Differing fortunes at Hitachi and Fujitsu
  • NTT Docomo numbers in line with Nikkei forecast
  • Toyota’s solid-state batteries coming in the early 2020s
  • Three points of interest ahead of Shin-Etsu Chemical’s Q2 / TSMC sales by technology
  • Upward earnings revisions in the chemical sector
  • Fanuc’s President discusses component sourcing problems…
  • …which may be affecting prices of Yaskawa and SMC.
  • LINE’s Q3 results
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Founded in 2009, Pelham Smithers Associates (PSA) provides market intelligence on Asian technology, focusing in particular on Japan. The industries covered by our team of specialists are: consumer electronics, telecomms, pharmaceuticals, internet, electronic parts and materials, automotive technology, retail and capital goods. 

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