Significant decline

The Nikkei 225 stock average fell sharply.

In the morning, it opened with selling dominating after the US stock downturn on the 19th.

Due to the spread of the new coronavirus, Osaka Prefecture is expected to request the government to issue a state of emergency today, and

Tokyo Metropolitan Government is also reportedly considering an issuance request, raising caution about the impact on the economy.

With the inclusion of stock index futures selling, the decline widened, and at one point it fell to 29,082 yen (down 602 yen from the previous day).

The Mothers Index saw a trio of declines after a three-day rebound, though some names rose.

Nikkei Stock Average 29,150.71 -534.66 -1.80% (preliminary, down for the fourth day)

25-day moving deviation: -1.21%

Dow Jones CFD: 34,154 -76 +0.22%

WTI Crude Oil, near month: 63.84 +1.37%

Shanghai Composite Index: 3,483.22 +5.67 +0.16%

Hong Kong Hang Seng Index: 28,996.12 -123.00 -0.40%

SQ Value: 29,909.73 (4/9) 29,282.41 (March Major SQ)

TOPIX: 1,932.20 -24.36 -1.25% (down for two days)

Foreign exchange: 1 USD = 108.215 yen; 1 EUR = 130.365 yen; Bitcoin 5,861.147 -6.12%

Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Index: 1,247.77 -9.39 -0.75% (down for the first time in three days)

Nikkei Jasdaq Average: 3,953.77 -3.35 -0.08% (down for the first time in two days)

TSE Second Section Index: 7,518.82 +3.58 +0.05% (down for two days)

TSE First Section trading volume was 525.94 million shares, with a trading value of 1.1207 trillion yen.

The number of advancing issues on the TSE First Section was 489 (22%), declining issues were 1,599 (73%), and unchanged 102 (4%).

In the sector rankings, two sectors rose and 31 declined.

Largest gainers were in the shipping and textile products sectors.

Largest losers included machinery, pulp and paper, electrical machinery, real estate, warehousing and transportation, steel, …

Top gainers on the TSE First Section included Wing Arc <4432> [current 2,570 yen, +265 yen] Takakita <6325> [current 711 yen, +50 yen]

Nanyo <8417> [current 1,785 yen, +125 yen] User Local <3984> [current 5,150 yen, +315 yen]

Notable decliners included Euglena <2931> [current 923 yen, -68 yen] Grims <3180> [current 1,864 yen, -124 yen]

Marui Group <8252> [current 2,027 yen, -122 yen] Open Door <3926> [current 1,853 yen, -92 yen]

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group <8306> [current 0 yen] Mizuho Financial Group <8411> [current 0 yen]