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Japan's Nikkei falls to track Wall Street amid growth worries
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on April 9, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on April 9, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
Japan's Nikkei index dropped 3.1% as Wall Street's decline and growth concerns impacted markets. Technology stocks led the fall.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average fell in a broad sell-off on Wednesday, tracking Wall Street's overnight declines amid worries about slowing growth as hopes for U.S. tariff concessions faded.
As of 0016 GMT, the Nikkei index had fallen 3.1% to 32,010.93. The broader Topix lost 3% to 2,360.32.
The S&P 500 sold off sharply on Tuesday to close below 5,000 points for the first time in almost a year, reversing a strong morning rally as investor hopes faded for any U.S. delays or concessions on tariffs ahead of a midnight deadline. [.N]
In Japan, technology stocks led the decline, with chip-testing equipment maker Advantest down 9% and chip-making equipment maker Tokyo Electron down 4.85%.
Technology investor SoftBank Group fell 5.96%.
(Reporting by Junko Fujita; Editing by Tom Hogue)
The main topic is the decline of Japan's Nikkei index following Wall Street's downturn amid growth concerns and fading hopes for US tariff concessions.
The Nikkei index fell due to a broad sell-off influenced by Wall Street's overnight declines and worries about slowing growth.
Technology stocks, including Advantest and Tokyo Electron, led the decline in Japan.
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