PRE-MARKET JAPANESE AND SOUTH KOREAN STOCKS NEWS: Earninsgs releases are in focus with SoftBank scheduled to report today
Today's pre-market focus is heavily on earnings releases from key Japanese and South Korean companies, particularly SoftBank, which is scheduled to report.
Japanese PPI MoM (Jan) M/M 0.2% vs. Exp. 0.2% (Prev. 0.1%, Low. -0.1%, High. 0.4%)
Japanese PPI YoY (Jan) Y/Y 2.3% vs. Exp. 2.3% (Prev. 2.4%, Low. 2.0%, High. 2.5%)
PRE-MARKET JAPANESE AND SOUTH KOREAN STOCKS NEWS: Earninsgs releases are in focus with SoftBank scheduled to report today
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JAPAN
Dentsu (4324 JT) - Co. and BranchLab announced a strategic partnership in which the Co.’s proprietary data will integrate with BranchLab's AI platform, Pathwai. (Newswires)
Honda (7267 JT) - Co. 9-month (JPY) net fell 42% Y/Y to 465.4bln, rev. fell 2.2% Y/Y to 16.0tln. (Newswires)
Idemitsu Kosan (5019 JT) - Co. 9-month (JPY) net fell 59% Y/Y to 52.6bln. (Newswires)
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (9104 JT) - Co. announced that Jotaro Tamura will succeed Hashimoto as President and CEO, effective April 1st. (Freight Waves)
Shimano (7309 JT) - Co. FY (JPY) net fell 56% Y/Y to 34bln, net sales rose 3.4% Y/Y to 466.2bln. (Newswires)
Toyota (7203 JT) - Co. will release its first electric vehicle built locally for the US late this year. (Nikkei)
Toyota Industries (6201 JT) - A proxy war is intensifying between Toyota Group and Elliott Investment Management over the former’s JPY 5.4tln plan to take Toyota Industries private. (Nikkei)
SOUTH KOREA
Doosan Bobcat (241560 KS) - Co. FY (KRW) oper. profit fell 21% Y/Y to 686.1bln, rev. rose 3% Y/Y to 8.79tln. (ChosunBiz)
Hyundai GF Holdings (005440 KS) - Co. restructures to erase dual-listing discount in South Korea. (ChosunBiz)
Kakao Corp - Co. 2025 (KRW) net income 525.7bln (prev. loss 161.9bln Y/Y), sales rose 2.9% Y/Y to 8.1tln. (Yonhap)
NHN Corp (181710 KS) - Co. 2025 (KRW) net income 57.7bln (prev. loss 192.6bln Y/Y), sales rose 2.5% Y/Y to 2.5tln. (Yonhap)
Other News
South Korean Foreign Ministry sets up a team for nuclear-powered sub talks with the US. (Yonhap)
South Korean government eyes private investment totalling KRW 100tln in emerging industries such as AI data centres. (Yonhap)
South Korea will begin a KRW 1tln project next month to develop AI semiconductors for on-device use. (Yonhap)
The mixed results from firms like Honda and Shimano could indicate broader challenges in the Asian equity market, potentially affecting investor sentiment and driving sector-specific moves, especially in tech and auto industries.
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