The Nikkei 225 started the afternoon session down ¥127.62 at ¥63,826.57. Hitachi and Renesas Electronics fell, making the decline particularly pronounced.
The Nikkei 225 started the afternoon session down ¥127.62 from the previous day at ¥63,826.57, while Nikkei 225 futures fell within a ¥63,980–¥64,350 range during the lunch break. The dollar-yen rate was around ¥157.70–¥157.80 per dollar. In Asian markets, the Shanghai Composite was in negative territory, while the Hang Seng lacked clear direction but edged higher.
Selling led the Tokyo market at the open compared with the morning close. Some market participants saw the decline in South Korea's KOSPI as weighing on Tokyo stocks, while the strength of Dow futures was cited as a factor supporting share prices.
Among the top stocks by trading value on the TSE Prime Market, Hitachi and Renesas Electronics fell, as did NEC, Socionext, Panasonic Holdings, TDK, Taiyo Yuden, FANUC, Fujitsu and Keyence. Advantest, Ibiden, Kioxia Holdings, Furukawa Electric, Resonac, Mizuho, Tokio Marine, Tomen Devices, Mitsubishi UFJ and Sumitomo Mitsui rose.