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Joel Scheiman ...
  • Lindsay Whipp
  • Pelham Smithers

PSA Today June 18: All Topix sectors down / Sekisui Chemical and CFRP / Shops, the labour problem, and tech - Nikkei -0.72%

Japan Market Comment by Pelham Smithers, Joel Scheiman and Lindsay Whipp
Nikkei ¥20,972.71 (-¥151.29 / -0.72%); Topix ¥1,528.67 (-¥11.07 / -0.72%); ¥/$108.28
Tags: Nintendo (7974 JT), Line Corp (3938 JT), NEC (6701 JT), Huawei (pvt), Rakuten Inc (4755 JT), Tateru (1435 JT), Minebea Mitsumi (6479 JT), U-Shin (6985 JT), Siltronic (WAF GY), Sumco (3436 JT), Shin-Etsu Chemical (4063 JT),Tokai Carbon (5301 JT), COBEX (pvt), Nomura (8604 JT), Nomura Research Institute (4307 JT), Sekisui Chemical (4204 JT), AIM Aerospace Corporation (pvt),Teijin (3401 JT), Continental Structural Plastics (pvt), Toray (3402 JT), TenCate Advanced Composites Holding B.V. (pvt), Euro Advanced Carbon Fiber Composites GmbH (pvt), Mitsui Chemicals (4183 JT), Formosa Plastics Corp (1301 TT), Amazon (AMZN US), JD.com (JD US), Alibaba (BABA US), Seven & i Holdings (3382 JT), FamilyMart UNY Holdings (8028 JT), Signpost (3996 JT), East Japan Railway (9020 JT)
Main Points
• All 33 Topix sectors fall
• Sekisui Chemical’s CFRP acquisition
• Lessons from China’s unstaffed stores
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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Joel Scheiman

Lindsay Whipp

Pelham Smithers

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