In today's Tokyo stock market, the Nikkei Average briefly plunged by more than ¥1,400, with sell orders spreading mainly across AI and semiconductor-related stocks. Reports indicated that concerns about the sustainability of AI investment intensified in the New York market on the 22nd.
The Nikkei Average fell by more than ¥1,400 at one point in the Tokyo market today. This article focuses on that fact.
Sell orders spread mainly across AI and semiconductor-related stocks, and movements in individual stocks were said to have contributed to the market-wide decline.
Reports the following day said that growing concerns in the New York market on the 22nd about the sustainability of AI investment had affected IT stocks on the Nasdaq.