Tokyo and Asia-Pacific stock markets declined this morning, pressured by technology and chipmaker shares that slowed after support from the US stock market began to fade. The Nikkei 225 index fell more than 1,000 points, or 1.64%, to 65,214.01, while the Topix index edged up 0.42% to 4,063.28, with non-ferrous metals, electronics, and glass and ceramics products stocks on the Prime Market leading the decline. In Japan, SoftBank Group dropped 4.57%, Tokyo Electron fell more than 5%, Advantest lost 4.66%, and Kioxia plunged 11%. In South Korea, SK Hynix tumbled 6.67%, Samsung Electronics declined 2.85%, and Seoul Semiconductor fell 2.88%. The MSCI Asia Pacific index slipped 0.8%, while Australian shares bucked the regional trend to hit a record high.
SK Hynix Inc
Kioxia Holdings Corporation
Advantest Corp.
TE Connectivity Ltd
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd
SoftBank Group Corp.