NSD raised its consolidated earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2027 and indicated that its year-end dividend is expected to be raised to ¥100. SBS Holdings will acquire all shares of Mitsubishi Chemical Logistics from Mitsubishi Chemical Group and make it a subsidiary.
NSD, identified as a key market catalyst, raised its consolidated earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2027 and indicated that its year-end dividend forecast would be raised from ¥97 to ¥100. SBS Holdings subsequently announced its policy of acquiring all shares of Mitsubishi Chemical Logistics from Mitsubishi Chemical Group and making it a subsidiary.
Chugai Pharmaceutical announced that it would discontinue development of GYM329, or emglevart, for obesity. Fukuvi Chemical was reported to have experienced a failure on some servers for its English-language website, apparently due to unauthorized access by a third party. Happinet raised its first-half operating profit forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2027 from ¥7.8 billion to ¥13.5 billion, citing strong sales of lottery products and trading cards.