The Nikkei Average has seen its decline pause on the Tokyo stock market and is trading in the lower ¥64,100 range, down approximately ¥1,200 from the previous weekend. It briefly fell more than ¥1,400 in the morning, at one point dropping below ¥64,000.
Around mid-morning on the 19th, the Nikkei Average saw its decline pause on the Tokyo stock market and was trading in the lower ¥64,100 range, down approximately ¥1,200 from the previous weekend. It briefly fell more than ¥1,400 in the morning, at one point dropping below ¥64,000.
It was subsequently reported that the decline had eased against a backdrop of futures buying by overseas investors.