Japanese stocks opened higher on April 2nd, with the Nikkei 225 rising 0.68% to recover the 54,000 level, tracking US market gains driven by Middle East ceasefire expectations between the United States and Iran, though analysts expect limited upside amid profit-taking pressure and elevated oil prices.
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Japanese Stocks Open Higher on US Market Strength
Japanese stocks opened higher on April 2nd, with the Nikkei 225 rising 0.68% to recover the 54,000 level, tracking US market gains driven by Middle East ceasefire expectations between the United States and Iran, though analysts expect limited upside amid profit-taking pressure and elevated oil prices.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 opened lower on February 27, retreating from record highs as a sharp drop in U.S. semiconductor stocks, led by Nvidia, weighed on investor sentiment and triggered declines in major Japanese chipmakers.
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Nikkei Opens Lower as Nvidia Slump Weighs on Japanese Market
Japan’s Nikkei 225 opened lower on February 27, retreating from record highs as a sharp drop in U.S. semiconductor stocks, led by Nvidia, weighed on investor sentiment and triggered declines in major Japanese chipmakers.
Taiwan charges Tokyo Electron in TSMC secrets theft case
The development escalates a dispute involving two Asian linchpins of a chip industry increasingly vital to national and economic security.
Artificial intelligence has fueled a stronger-than-expected earnings season for Japan’s tech sector, with surging data-center demand prompting chipmakers and equipment suppliers to raise forecasts.
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Japanese chip sector’s earnings show AI appetite and auto slump
Government backing and sustained AI investment are reinforcing optimism across the nation’s tech sector.
How Taiwan’s ‘nonred’ supply chain might work
Proposed as an alternative to China-dominated supply chains, the initiative urges democracies to cooperate in securing advanced manufacturing supply chains.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 index fell 0.87% to 45,354.99 on September 26, ending a four-day rally as investors locked in profits, with selling focused on recent outperformers like SoftBank Group and Tokyo Electron amid weaker U.S. market sentiment.
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[Tokyo Stock Market Closing]Nikkei Declines After Four-Day Rally as Investors Take Profits
Japan’s Nikkei 225 index fell 0.87% to 45,354.99 on September 26, ending a four-day rally as investors locked in profits, with selling focused on recent outperformers like SoftBank Group and Tokyo Electron amid weaker U.S. market sentiment.
Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments
It will develop materials, equipment and design tools suitable for large, square organic interposers used in chipmaking.
TSMC trade secrets leak puts Tokyo Electron in hot seat
The Japanese supplier of chipmaking tools is struggling to address the potential fallout after a former employee was implicated in the case.
Tokyo Electron fires worker suspected of stealing TSMC tech
Taiwan prosecutors arrested six at TSMC on suspicion of intellectual property theft this week, including an individual who was identified as a former Tokyo Electron staffer.
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