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Julie Boote ...
  • Lindsay Whipp
  • Pelham Smithers

PSA Today Apr 7: Up on Wall Street gains, emergency package / SQE: the importance of FFVII Remake / China auto sales decline decelerates in March / Remote working stocks boosted – Nikkei +2.01%

Japan Market Comment by Pelham Smithers, Julie Boote and Lindsay Whipp
Nikkei ¥18,950.18 (+¥373.88 / +2.01%); Topix ¥1,403.21 (+¥26.91 / +1.96%); ¥/$108.85
Tags: Canon (7751 JT), Nomura Research Institute (4307 JT), Rakuten (4755 JT), Kitanotatsujin (2930 JT), Askul (2678 JT), Samsung Electronics (005930 KS), Disco (6146 JT), Tokyo Electron (8035 JT), Screen (7735 JT), Hoya (7741 JT), Shin-Etsu Chemical (4063 JT), JSR (4185 JT), Nihon Kohden (6849 JT), Square Enix (9684 JT), Capcom (9697 JT), Sony (6758 JT), Microsoft (MSFT US), People Can Fly (pvt.), Toyota (7203 JT), Honda (7267 JT), Mazda (7261 JT), Volvo, Geely Automobile (175 HK), VW (VOW GR), Zoom Video Communications (ZM US), Cybozu (4776 JT)
Main Points
• Tokyo bounces on Wall St gains, state of emergency package
• Why Final Fantasy VII Remake is so important to SQE.
• China auto sales decline decelerates in March
• Will Japan’s state of emergency force remote working in earnest?
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. 

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Julie Boote

Lindsay Whipp

Pelham Smithers

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