The Nikkei 225 traded around 130 points lower at around 2:00 p.m., while selling by investors waiting for a rebound continued through the afternoon. The dollar was in the mid-¥154 range, trading focused on intraday movements in individual stocks, and the leading stocks by trading value and volume changed.
The Nikkei 225 traded around 63,360, approximately 130 points below the previous day, entering the afternoon session after narrowing its gains. Selling by investors waiting for a rebound then weighed on the market, and the market remained top-heavy.
The leading stocks by trading volume shortly after 2:00 p.m. included NTT, SoftBank Group, SoftBank, Sony Financial Group and Mitsubishi UFJ.
The leading stocks by trading value shortly after 2:00 p.m. included Kioxia, SoftBank Group, Taiyo Yuden, Advantest and Tokyo Electron.