In the Tokyo stock market on the 12th, sell orders were widespread, mainly in semiconductor-related stocks, and the Nikkei Stock Average at one point fell by more than 500 yen, but the decline has since narrowed as there has been a movement to buy back stocks.
▽The Nikkei Stock Average's closing price on the 12th was 38,797.51 yen, 22.98 yen lower than the closing price on the 11th.
▽TSE Stock Price Index = Topics fell 9.59 to 2657.24.
▽The daily trading volume was 1,829.73 million shares.
The Nikkei Stock Average, which had the largest decline this year at its closing price on the 11th, continued to fall on the 12th.
Following the decline in high-tech stocks in the New York stock market on the 11th, sell orders spread in the Tokyo market, mainly in semiconductor-related stocks, immediately after trading began, and the Nikkei Stock Average at one point fell by more than 500 yen.
However, after that, in addition to the depreciation of the yen in the foreign exchange market, there was also a movement to buy back stocks whose prices had dropped due to expectations for improved business performance among Japanese companies, and the decline rapidly narrowed.
The market's focus is on last month's consumer price index in the United States, which will be announced on the night of the 12th, Japan time.
It is one of the important economic indicators for predicting the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve Board, which is the central bank, and its contents are attracting attention as it is believed to have an impact on stock price trends in Japan and the United States. Masu.