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Julie Boote ...
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PSA Today Oct 23: Rollercoaster day / Ube guidance lower / Hitachi's Vantara prospering / Toyota is upbeat – Nikkei +0.18%

Japan Market Comment by Pelham Smithers and Julie Boote
Nikkei ¥23,516.59 (+¥42.32 / +0.18%); Topix ¥1,625.32 (+¥5.53 / +0.34%); ¥/$104.61
Tags: BASE INC (4477 JT), GMO Financial Gate (4051 JT), Nexon (3659 JT), FamilyMart (8028 JT), Kakaku.com (2371 JT), ZOZO (3092 JT), Square Enix (9684 JT), Lawson (2651 JT), Skylark (3197 JT), Suntory Beverage (2587 JT), Nintendo (7974 JT), MHI (7011 JT), Hitachi (6501 JT), Hitachi Construction Machinery (6305 JT), Hitachi Metals (5486 JT), SuRala Net (3998 JT), Canon Marketing (8060 JT), Tokyo Steel (5423 JT), PTC (PTC US), Microsoft (MSFT US), Ube Industries (4208 JT), Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings (4188 JT), Toyota Motor (7203 JT)
Main Points
• Rollercoaster day sees market close marginally higher
• Hitachi moves into leader’s quadrant for Industrial IoT
• Ube Industries lowers guidance
• Toyota upbeat about US production, sales
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

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