In today’s briefing:
- JPX Nikkei 400 Index Rebalance: Some Biggish Impact Stocks
- Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: NKY, JPXNK400, FTSE CH50/A50/TW50, SenseTime, Orica
- Microsoft Corporation: The Continuing Cloud Momentum
JPX Nikkei 400 Index Rebalance: Some Biggish Impact Stocks
- There are 36 adds and 34 deletes for the JPX Nikkei 400 Index to bring the number of index constituents back to 400. Some of the changes are interesting.
- Based on the adds, deletes and capping changes, we estimate one way turnover of 4.75% and a two-way trade of JPY 444.45bn (US$3.3bn).
- Oriental Land (4661 JP) is a delete from the JPX Nikkei 400 Index but a high probability inclusion to the Nikkei 225 (NKY INDEX) at the September rebalance.
Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: NKY, JPXNK400, FTSE CH50/A50/TW50, SenseTime, Orica
- The rebalances of the Philippines Stock Exchange PSEi Index (PCOMP INDEX) and NIFTY100 Index were implemented at the close on Friday.
- MSCI will announce the results of the August QIR pre-market on 12 August (Asia time). This is the last QIR to use the current methodology before we move to QCIRs.
- There were large outflows from KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB US) during the week as investors pulled US$267m from the ETF.
Microsoft Corporation: The Continuing Cloud Momentum
- Despite the massive size of its revenues, Microsoft has proven to be a remarkable story in terms of percentage-basis top-line growth over the past few years.
- The Microsoft Cloud achieved a quarterly revenue milestone of $25 billion for the first time, up 28% and 33% in constant currency.
- Additionally, Microsoft acquired the cyber threat research and analysis company Miburo to advance threat intelligence gathering on fresh foreign cyber threats.
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