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Julie Boote ...
  • Lindsay Whipp
  • Pelham Smithers
  • Thao Nguyen

PSA Today June 19: One tweet and we're up / Facebook's cryptocurrency /Thai auto market healthy, for now / Hitachi's dull R&D meeting / LINE fumbles in the cloud / NRI: Nomura's stake - Nikkei +1.72%

Japan Market Comment by Pelham Smithers, Julie Boote, Thao Nguyen and Lindsay Whipp
Nikkei ¥21,333.87 (+¥361.16 / +1.72%); Topix ¥1,555.27 (+¥26.60 / +1.74%); ¥/$108.35
Tags: Nomura Holdings (8604 JT), Keyence (6861 JT), Murata (6981 JT), Tokyo Electron (8035 JT), Japan Display (6740 JT), Apple (AAPL US),TPK (3673 TT), Sony (6758 JT), Third Point (pvt) SBI Holdings (8473 JT), Facebook (FB US), Digital Garage (4819 JT), GMO Internet (9449 JT), Mastercard (MA US), Visa (Visa US), eBay (EBAY US), PayPal (PYPL US), Spotify (SPOT US), Uber (UBER US), Vodafone (VOD LN),Toyota (7203 JT), HCM (6305 JT), Komatsu (6301 JT), Takeuchi (6432 JT), Hitachi (6501 JT), LINE (3938 JT), Nintendo (7974 JT), NHN (pvt), Rakuten (4755 JT), Nomura Holdings (8604 JT), Nomura Research Institute (4307 JT)
Main Points
• What a difference a tweet makes…
• Facebook unveils Libra – its own cryptocurrency
• Thai auto market remains healthy – for now
• HCM holds dull R&D meeting
• LINE fumbles in the cloud of uncertainties
• Nomura Holdings reduces stake in NRI
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
Julie Boote

Lindsay Whipp

Pelham Smithers

Thao Nguyen

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