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Market Closed - 02:25:00 2024-05-02 am EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
38,236 ^PTS	-0.10%		+0.79%	+14.26%

May. 03	Mitsui & Co to Repurchase and Cancel Up to 40 Million Shares	MT
May. 03	Japan Excellent Repurchases 774 Million Yen Worth of Units in April	MT

Nikkei says Soros Fund Among Investors In Japan Electricity Exchange Startup

April 25, 2024 at 12:10 pm EDT

April 25 (Reuters) - Nikkei:

* SOROS FUND AMONG INVESTORS IN JAPAN ELECTRICITY EXCHANGE STARTUP

* 17 TRADING, POWER AND GAS COS, & SOROS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT WILL INVEST $32 MILLION IN JAPANESE STARTUP OPERATING ONLINE ELECTRICITY EXCHANGE

* INVESTMENT MADE IN EFFORT TO SMOOTH OUT WHOLESALE PRICES AND HELP SMALL POWER RETAILERS COMPETE

* CONSORTIUM OF JERA, TOKYO GAS, KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER, CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER, OSAKA GAS, MITSUBISHI TAKING ROUGHLY 14% STAKE VIA PLACEMENT

* CONSORTIUM WILL DO MORE TRADING ON EXCHANGE THEMSELVES TO IMPROVE LIQUIDITY FOR MORE PROMINENCE AS PRICING BENCHMARK

* SOME CO'S IN CONSORTIUM PLAN TO HAVE THEIR AFFILIATED POWER RETAILERS BUY ELECTRICITY FROM PLATFORM AS WELL Further company coverage:

Stocks mentioned in the article

Add to a list Add to a list 0 selected To use this feature you must be a member Log in Sign up	Price	Change	5d. change	Capi.
NIKKEI 225	38,236 PTS	-0.10%	+0.79%	-
TOKYO GAS CO., LTD.	3,565 JPY	-0.72%	-0.67%	9.33B
MITSUBISHI CORPORATION	3,544 JPY	-2.48%	+0.43%	94.5B
OSAKA GAS COMPANY., LTD.	3,481 JPY	+1.04%	+1.72%	9.31B
TOPIX INDEX	2,729 PTS	-0.03%	+1.57%	-
THE KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.	2,510 JPY	+4.98%	+9.06%	14.65B
CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC	2,010 JPY	+0.32%	+2.84%	9.94B

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