PSA Today Jun 4: Flat and rotational / Sony, games and platforms / Strong basic chem markets / TIS project with IBM Japan – Nikkei -0.40%
Japan Market Comment by Pelham Smithers, Joel Scheiman and Lindsay WhippNikkei ¥28,941.52 (-¥116.59 / -0.40%); Topix ¥1,959.19 (+¥0.49 / +0.03%); Mothers ¥1,119.73 (-¥21.72 / -1.90%); ¥/$110.19
Tags: Nippon Steel (5401 JT), Eisai (4523 JT), Biogen (BIIB US), Nippon Piston Ring (6461 JT), Medtronic (MDT US), M3 Inc (2413 JT), Diamond Electric (6699 JT), Hitachi (6501 JT), Mazda (7261 JT), Daiichi Kigenso (4082 JT), Nissan Motor (7201 JT), Chuo Spring (5992 JT), Honda (7267 JT), JTEC Corp (3446 JT), Sony (6758 JT), Nintendo (7974 JT), Shin-Etsu Chemical (4063 JT), Mitsui Chemicals (4183 JT), Teijin (3401 JT), Toray (3402 JT), Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings (4188 JT), INEOS Nitriles, Cornerstone Chemical Company, Asahi Kasei (3407 JT), Showa Denko (4004), Sumitomo Chemical (4005), Ube Industries (4208 JT), TIS Inc (3626 JT), IBM (IBM US)
Main Points
• Market ends a flat rotational week with a flat, rotational day
• Sony – Key new in-house games set to be cross-generational
• Basic chemical markets are strong, for now
• TIS Inc and IBM Japan to collaborate on modernising corporate Japan’s legacy computer systems
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