In the Tokyo market at the afternoon session open on the 8th, the Nikkei 225 was soft. It was in the ¥69,200 range, down approximately ¥700 from the previous day, while SoftBank Group and Advantest fell further in the afternoon, weighing on the market.
The Nikkei 225 remained soft at the afternoon session open on the 8th, trading in the ¥69,200 range, down approximately ¥700 from the previous day. Selling by overseas investors weighed on the market, while stock indexes across Asia generally declined.
In the afternoon, SoftBank Group and Advantest both fell further, pushing the Nikkei 225 lower. In off-auction trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange after the morning close, an approximately ¥7.6 billion basket trade was executed by a large investor.
As of 12:45, Prime Market trading value was approximately ¥3.916 trillion and trading volume was 1.10036 billion shares.
In the afternoon, TDK, Ibiden and Fujikura widened their declines, while Recruit, Kioxia and KDDI rose.