At the opening of the afternoon session in Tokyo on the 19th, the Nikkei average fell to a level approximately ¥480 below the previous close, but futures saw some buying back after South Korean shares turned positive.
At the opening of the afternoon session in Tokyo on the 19th, the Nikkei Stock Average fell to a level approximately ¥480 below the previous weekend's close. The decline in stock index futures subsequently narrowed at times, indicating a retreat in risk aversion.
The KOSPI fell sharply at the start of early trading before turning positive, prompting short-term traders in the Tokyo market to buy futures.
Alongside the movement in the Nikkei average, approximately ¥12.1 billion in off-auction basket trades was executed during the afternoon session on the TSE Prime market.
In afternoon trading, trading value on the TSE Prime market was estimated at ¥3.6487 trillion, while trading volume reached approximately 1.037 billion shares. Among individual stocks, SoftBank Group and Tokyo Electron fell, while Advantest held up, and BayCurrent Consulting, Recruit Holdings, KDDI and ITOCHU traded firmly.