The Nikkei fell for the first time in 6 days at the close. The 28th closing price was ¥65,877.62, down ¥486.58 from the previous day, with IBIDEN the top negative contributor.
The Nikkei fell ¥486.58 at the close to ¥65,877.62. Trading volume on the TSE Prime Market was in the ¥2.4 billion range, while trading value was in the ¥8.2 trillion range.
IBIDEN was the top negative contributor, pushing the index down by approximately ¥69, followed by Advantest, Fast Retailing, Kioxia Holdings, Chugai Pharmaceutical, KDDI and Tokyo Electron.
SoftBank Group was the top positive contributor, pushing the index up by approximately ¥76, followed by Recruit Holdings and others. Among Nikkei constituents, 53 rose, 171 fell and 1 was unchanged.
After rising from the previous day’s high in the afternoon session, the market struggled to extend its gains as profit-taking selling spread and ultimately closed near its low.