Japan Exchange Group remained firm in afternoon trading and raised its consolidated earnings and dividend forecasts for the fiscal year ending March 2027. The net profit forecast was raised to ¥105 billion, while the full-year dividend forecast was raised to ¥82.
Japan Exchange Group raised its consolidated net profit forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2027 from ¥98.5 billion to ¥105 billion, against a backdrop of improving afternoon trading activity, and set its dividend forecast at ¥82 for the full year, comprising interim and year-end dividends. These revisions have been received positively by the market. Both revisions represent an increase of approximately 32.7% year on year, respectively.
The company said the revisions were driven by changes to the assumptions underpinning its earnings forecast for average daily trading value and volume: trading value for stocks and other securities was revised from ¥10.2 trillion to ¥11 trillion, trading volume for long-term Japanese government bond futures from 51,000 units to 52,000 units, TOPIX futures from 87,000 units to 88,000 units, Nikkei 225 futures from 136,000 units to 133,000 units, and Nikkei 225 index options trading value from ¥30 billion to ¥38.5 billion.