Japanese stocks were trading on the morning of the 31st with the Nikkei 225 down about ¥1,210 from the previous Friday, while Mitsubishi Materials, Advantest and The Japan Steel Works were among the constituent stocks with the steepest declines.
The Nikkei 225 was down about ¥1,210 from the previous Friday and was trading around ¥65,190. It fell as much as ¥1,573.46 at 9:06 a.m., but subsequently narrowed its losses on short-term buying.
Mitsubishi Materials, Advantest, The Japan Steel Works, Lasertec and Disco were among the Nikkei 225 constituent stocks with the steepest percentage declines.
Kansai Electric Power, Tokai Carbon, JTEKT, Sumitomo Pharma and Suzuki were among the top advancers.
The dollar was trading at around ¥159.80, with the yen trending slightly higher than its level earlier in the morning.