On June 10, New York crude oil futures rebounded. The July WTI futures contract settled at $90.03 per barrel, up $1.83 from the previous trading day. Buying was driven by U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion of a potential attack on Iran. Subsequently, during early Asian trading hours, reports emerged that U.S. forces had begun attacking Iran, triggering a sharp after-hours rally in NY crude oil futures, which are now trading around the $92 range.
According to the article, Japan relies on China not only for rare earth ores but also for refining. Therefore, in addition to securing raw materials from outside China, it plans to enhance domestic refining capacity and establish mass-production systems. It aims to build a China-diversified supply chain and ensure stable rare earth supplies to Japanese companies—rare earths being essential for electric vehicles (EVs). The company will invest at least 35 billion yen to construct new rare earth refining facilities, utilizing 17.5 billion yen in government subsidies. This would mark the first new rare earth refining hub established domestically since 2008.
Meanwhile, the stock price remains weak amid a generally bearish market sentiment, with selling pressure dominating.
In the U.S. market the previous day, tech stocks continued to be pressured by profit-taking selling. Arm Holdings, a subsidiary of the company, dropped more than 5%. Additionally, Oracle, which is implementing the large-scale AI investment project ‘Project StarGate’ together with the company, released its earnings after the market close. Although Oracle’s Q4 (June–August) revenue and profits were solid, its after-hours shares tumbled nearly 11% due to concerns about financial deterioration after it revealed AI-related investments significantly exceeding expectations.
These developments have dampened sentiment, prompting continued selling of the company’s stock.
As of 9:03:27 AM JST on June 11, there are 22 issues under special buying interest and 164 under special selling interest, with the number of stocks under selling pressure far exceeding those under buying interest.
which plunged sharply the previous day, $Kioxia Holdings (285A.JP)$ has again topped the market in sell orders today with 50.1 billion yen (buy orders stand at 45.5 billion yen), pushing its special selling interest lower. $NEXT FUNDS Nikkei 225 Leveraged Index Exchange Traded Fund (1570.JP)$and$SoftBank Group (9984.JP)$ Sell orders far exceed buy orders, potentially driving the stock down to its daily limit through a lowered selling indication.
In addition,$Furukawa Electric (5801.JP)$and$Lasertec (6920.JP)$ 、 $Fujikura (5803.JP)$ 、 $Hitachi (6501.JP)$ The selling pressure is increasing.
On the other hand, $NEXT FUNDS Nikkei 225 Double Inverse Index Exchange Traded Fund (1357.JP)$ has attracted the largest buy order today at 4.02 billion yen (sell orders amount to 810 million yen), lifting its special buying interest higher. $Simplex WTI ETF (1671.JP)$and$SIMPLEX VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (318A.JP)$ Buy orders far exceed sell orders, creating the possibility that the stock may be bought up to the upper limit.
In addition,$Pan Pacific International Holdings (7532.JP)$and$Rakuten Bank (5838.JP)$ 、 $Kobe Bussan (3038.JP)$ Special buy signals are also being lifted.