The Nikkei plunged in Tokyo trading on the 15th, closing ¥3,318.34 lower than the previous day at ¥64,425.95. This was the first time in about one month that it had closed below ¥65,000.
The Nikkei Stock Average plunged in Tokyo trading on the 15th, closing ¥3,318.34 lower than the previous day at ¥64,425.95. The intraday decline temporarily approached ¥3,600, and the index closed below ¥65,000 for the first time in about one month.
TOPIX fell 97.44 points to 3,999.34, with trading volume at 3.02794 billion shares.
Financial concerns at a US company providing AI data centers cooled investor sentiment in the previous day's US stock market, and concerns about the outlook for AI demand spread, reportedly contributing to the selling. Selling spread among semiconductor-related stocks, and Advantest fell sharply.
Across the market, investors were increasingly focused on assessing the profitability of AI investment and the outlook for demand, and reports commonly attributed the increase in selling mainly among AI-related stocks to this trend.