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Joel Scheiman ...
  • Julie Boote
  • Pelham Smithers
  • Thao Nguyen

PSA Today Apr 16: Calm market / Abe popularity sinks / Retail results / Wage growth and labour participation rise / Titanium stocks and Russia / Recruit's Indeed – Nikkei +0.26%

Japan Market Comment by Julie Boote, Joel Scheiman and Thao Nguyen
Nikkei ¥21,835.53 (+¥56.59 / +0.26%); Topix ¥1,736.22 (+¥6.86 / +0.40%); ¥/$107.21
Tags: Yamada Denki (9831 JP), Doutor Nichires (3087 JP), Cosmos Pharm (3349 JP), Takeda Pharmaceutical (4502 JP), Bandai Namco (7832 JP), Square Enix (9864 JP), Sega Sammy (6460 JP), Nissan (7201 JP), DeNA Co. (2432 JP), Didi Chuxing (priv.), Osaka Titanium (5726 JP), Toho Titanium (5727 JP), Boeing (BA US), VSMPO-AVISMA, Ural Boeing Manufacturing, Airbus (AIR PA), Recruit Holdings (6098 JP), Alphabet (GOOGL US)
Main Points at a Glance
• A calm market
• Record low approval rating for Abe
• Reactions to retail results
• Nissan’s ambitious robotaxi plans
• Titanium stocks soar on US-Russia sanctions
• Recruit Holdings: update on Indeed
Provider
Pelham Smithers Associates Ltd
Pelham Smithers Associates Ltd

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. 

PSA produces both company and sector reports. The focus of PSA’s research is to identify winners and losers as new technologies impact the top and bottom lines of corporations. Critical to our research is the clear explanation of how these new technologies work and how they impact companies and industries. 

The founding partners have worked closely together for twenty years and the team has more than doubled in size since 2012. 

Analysts
Joel Scheiman

Julie Boote

Pelham Smithers

Thao Nguyen

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