The Nikkei Stock Average fell ¥630 from the previous day in the morning session, marking its first decline in three sessions. More than 80% of stocks on the TSE Prime Market declined, and TOPIX also fell.
The Nikkei Stock Average fell ¥630.00 from the previous day to ¥68,326.72 in the morning session, marking its first decline in three sessions. Selling prevailed from the start of the morning, and the index briefly fell as much as ¥825.57, to ¥68,132.16, at 10:46 a.m. It subsequently narrowed its decline in response to movements in Asian markets.
Trading volume on the TSE Prime Market was 1,115億5,900万 shares, and trading value was ¥4.0987 trillion. There were 203 advancing issues and 1,326 declining issues, accounting for more than 80% of the total, while 23 issues were unchanged.
By industry, 29 of the 33 sectors declined. Financial and automobile-related stocks were among those that fell notably, while nonferrous metals and mining stocks were relatively firm. Declining issues included Takeda Pharmaceutical, Terumo, HOYA and Tokio Marine, while advancing issues included Tsukuba Bank, Fujikura and Ceres.