Gently pulling back and declining to drop more
Nikkei stock average falls sharply again.
In the morning, amid the spread of the global novel coronavirus, a decline in European and U.S. stocks on the 20th led to a predominantly selling start.
It temporarily held off the decline, but by the end of the first session it had fallen to 28,432 yen (down 667 yen from the previous day).
Asian stocks' weakness was also a factor in focus.
The Mothers Index fell for the second day in a row, gradually sliding and ending near the lows.
Nikkei Stock Average 28,462.20 -638.18 -2.19% (premarket, down for the second day)
25-day moving average deviation -3.35%
Dow Jones CFD 33,770 -52 -0.15%
WTI crude oil nearest 62.18 -2.52%
Shanghai Composite 3,469.86 -3.08 -0.10%
Hong Kong Hang Seng Index 28,635.87 -486.25 -1.67%
SQ value: 29,909.73 (April 9) 29,282.41 (March major SQ)
TOPIX 1,884.46 -41.79 -2.17% (third straight day of declines)
Foreign exchange: USD 1 = 107.950 JPY, EUR 1 = 129.885 JPY; Bitcoin 6,075.735 +3.40%
Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Market 1,202.44 -42.35 -3.40% (second day of declines)
JASDAQ Average 3,888.16 -54.81 -1.39% (second day of declines)
TSE Second Section Index 7,390.58 -115.76 -1.54% (third day of declines)
TSE First Section trading volume was 638,56,000 shares, and the trading value was 1,279.2 billion yen.
TSE First Section decliners outnumbered advancers: 100 advancers (4%), 2,059 decliners (94%), and 29 unchanged (1%).
Industry-wise rankings show all sectors declined.
Major decliners included steel, nonferrous metals, pulp and paper, textiles, real estate, transport equipment, mining, electrical machinery, and metal products...
Top advancers in the TSE First Section were Face <4295> [currently 841 yen, +48 yen]; Faltec <7215> [currently 835 yen, +47 yen]
Sekisui HD <1514> [currently 120 yen, +6 yen] 400 Bear 2x <1469> [currently 2,350 yen, +115 yen]
Top decliners included Tokyo Base <3415> [currently 638 yen, -62 yen] TSI HD <3608> [currently 312 yen, -30 yen]
Dia HD <6699> [currently 2,608 yen, -238 yen] KIBUN Foods <2933> [currently 1,874 yen, -166 yen]
From here, notable stocks
