In the afternoon session on the 9th, the Nikkei fell for a modest third straight day, closing at ¥69,030.92, down ¥11.19 from the previous day. It reached ¥68,150.02 at one point in the morning, but recovered modestly in the afternoon on dip-buying and ended the session.
In the afternoon session on the 9th, the Nikkei fell for a modest third straight day, closing at ¥69,030.92, down ¥11.19 from the previous day. Meanwhile, the Tokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX) rose 13.35 points to 4,104.81, rebounding after 3 days. At 9:20 a.m., the Nikkei reached ¥68,150.02, down ¥892.00, but subsequently remained firm.
Semiconductor stocks turned higher after selling subsided, with Advantest and Tokyo Electron among those reversing into gains. There were also moments in the afternoon when the market turned modestly higher again, but it ultimately ended trading slightly lower. The exchange rate remained around ¥158 to the dollar.
By sector, 8 of the 33 sectors declined and 25 rose. Banking, nonferrous metals and pharmaceutical stocks were weak, while shipping, some household appliance and information-related stocks, and service stocks were firm. Price movements diverged among individual issues during the day.
Trading volume was 2,295.19 million shares, and trading value was ¥7.8454 trillion. There were 1,194 advancers, 331 decliners and 27 unchanged issues.