TOKYO, July 21 (Xinhua) — Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock index skilled a consecutive decline on Friday, with know-how shares following their U.S. friends increased after a current stoop.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average misplaced 186.27 factors, or 0.57 %, from Thursday to shut the day at 32,304.25.
The broader Topix index, in the meantime, rebounded barely by gaining 1.30 factors, or 0.06 %, to complete at 2,262.20.
The Tokyo market was weighed down by the sharp drop in U.S. tech shares in a single day, which had a big impression on semiconductor-related shares, resulting in substantial losses in Japanese tech shares together with Tokyo Electron.
On the Prime Market, points that fell outpaced people who rose by 988 to 755, whereas 92 remained unchanged.
By the shut of play, decliners had been led by marine transportation and metallic product points, whereas gainers included mining, and electrical energy and gasoline shares.
The turnover on the Prime Market on the final buying and selling day of the week got here to three.13 trillion yen (21.13 billion U.S. {dollars}).