TOKYO, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) — Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock index slipped Friday amid revived expectations that the U.S. central financial institution would persist with its financial tightening path.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 183.31 factors, or 0.66 %, from Thursday to shut the day at 27,513.13.
The broader Topix index, in the meantime, was down 9.16 factors, or 0.46 %, to complete at 1,991.93.
Data from the U.S. Labor Department in a single day confirmed month-to-month producer costs, a measure of what uncooked items fetch on the open market, elevated 0.7 % in January, the largest enhance since June, exceeding the market forecast of a 0.4-percent enhance.
The U.S. dollar hovered round six-week highs within the higher 134 yen degree in Tokyo after higher-than-expected inflation-related knowledge fueled expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will proceed climbing rates of interest to deal with inflation, sellers mentioned.
Stocks have been offered, with market gamers refraining from taking dangers because the prospect of continued U.S. rate of interest hikes spurred concern over the worldwide financial outlook, brokers mentioned.
“Investors are seeing that the global economy could worsen, along with the United States,” Makoto Sengoku, senior fairness market analyst on the Tokai Tokyo Research Institute, mentioned, including that the outlook for U.S. shares is overshadowed by inflationary pressures, possible weighing on Japanese shares as effectively.
Decliners have been led by precision devices, mining and electrical home equipment shares.
Chip-manufacturing tools maker Tokyo Electron skidded down 800 yen, or 1.7 %, to 46,190 yen, and chip-testing tools maker Advantest fell 180 yen, or 1.8 %, to 10,050 yen.
Meanwhile, main tire maker Bridgestone added 212 yen, or 4.3 %, to five,148 yen, a day after the corporate mentioned that its working revenue for the enterprise 12 months ending December jumped a expectation-beating 17.1 % from a 12 months earlier.