Nikkei 225 plunges sharply, dragged down by Tokyo Electron and Advantest by roughly 1,097 points

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On the 17th, the Nikkei 225 plunged sharply, falling 2,694.42 points from the previous trading day to close at 64,141.12. The biggest drag was Tokyo Electron, which single-handedly pushed the index down by roughly 582 points. Together with the second-largest contributor, Advantest, the two stocks accounted for a roughly 1,097-point decline. Weakness in US semiconductor shares, rising oil prices, and higher interest rates weighed on sentiment, and the index briefly dipped below the 63,000 level in the afternoon session. Trading value on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market reached 10.9219 trillion yen, with 28 percent of stocks rising and 69 percent falling.

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