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PSA Today Oct 12:Topix at 1700/Abe strongly ahead in polls/SoftBank's surge/Chugai and Shionogi / The TSE and reporting standards/ Automation notes - Nikkei +0.35%

Japan Market Comment by Pelham Smithers, Joel Scheiman and William Nestuk
Nikkei ¥20,954.72 (+¥73.45 / +0.35%); Topix ¥1,700.13 (+¥3.32 / +0.20%); ¥/$112.22
Tags: SoftBank (9984), Sprint (S US), T-Mobile (TMUS US), Alibaba (BABA US), Boston Dynamics, Chugai (4519), Shionogi (4507), Sosei (4565), Peptidream (4587), Toyota (7203), Hoya (7741), JSR (4185), Sumitomo Chemical (4005), Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings (4188), Hitachi Chemical (4217), Konica Minolta (4902), Tokyo Ohka Kogyo (4186), Nissha Printing (7915), Kuraray (3405), Mitsui Chemicals (4183), Ube Industries (4208), Central Glass (4044), Dai Nippon Printing (7912) , Nippon Shokubai (4114), Ube (XXXX), Nitto Denko (6988),Teijin (3401),Toray (3402),Kaneka (4118), Konica Minolta (4902), Komatsu (6301), HCM (6305), Fanuc (6954), Daifuku (6383),Yaskawa (6506), SMC (6273), DMG Mori (6141),Stanley Electric (6923), Koito (7276) Ichikoh (7244)

  • Nikkei moves higher as tech takes the lead
  • Polls give Abe strong majority
  • SoftBank surges
  • Drug stocks go separate ways
  • Are reporting modifications attracting or hampering investment?
  • Automation notes
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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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