At the close on the 26th, the Nikkei Average extended its decline to 3 straight sessions at ¥503.51 below the previous day’s level. TOPIX rebounded for the first time in 3 sessions, with more stocks rising than falling on the Prime Market.
On the 26th, the Nikkei Stock Average in the Tokyo stock market fell ¥503.51 from the previous day to ¥62,189.65, extending its decline to 3 straight sessions. It fell by more than ¥600 in the morning, but buying aimed at a rebound emerged after the initial selling subsided. However, the market was weighed down by selling from investors waiting for semiconductor-related stocks to recover, and remained soft overall.
Trading volume on the TSE Prime Market was 2.12782 billion shares, and trading value was ¥6.6438 trillion. There were 818 advancers, 686 decliners and 49 unchanged stocks. By sector, 11 of the 33 sectors fell and 22 rose.
Among individual stocks, Mitsui Mining & Smelting and Sumitomo Electric in the nonferrous metals sector fell, while Advantest and Tokyo Electron in the electrical equipment sector were also soft. In contrast, INPEX and Japan Petroleum Exploration in the mining sector, Idemitsu Kosan and ENEOS in the oil and coal products sector, and Mitsui & Co. and Mitsubishi Corporation in the wholesale sector were relatively firm or higher. JAL and ANA in the air transportation sector were weak.
Across the market, there were periods when rising Prime Market stocks stood out despite the Nikkei Average’s sharp decline. Movements diverged among sectors in response to the NK Average’s performance at the end of trading.