TOKYO, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) — Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock index misplaced its floor on Tuesday, monitoring Wall Street declines in high-tech shares final week.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average misplaced 290.50 factors, or 0.87 %, from Friday to shut the primary buying and selling day of the week at 33,242.59.
The broader Topix index, in the meantime, rebounded barely by gaining 1.92 factors, or 0.08 %, to complete at 2,430.30.
Following the decline in high-tech shares within the U.S. stock market previous to the weekend, promoting dominated right here within the Tokyo market, particularly within the value-laden semiconductor sector, with Tokyo Electron and Advantest among the many notable losers.
On the opposite hand, some large-cap shares in vehicle, banking, and delivery sectors that are thought-about undervalued, have been purchased on Tuesday.
On the top-tier Prime Market, decliners have been led by precision instrument, service, and electrical energy and gasoline points.
Issues that rose outpaced people who declined by 1,079 to 704, whereas 53 ended the day unchanged.