Tokyo Market Summary: Nikkei Average Falls for First Time in Three Days, AI-Related Stocks Sold
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On the Tokyo stock market on the 6th, the Nikkei Stock Average fell for the first time in three days, closing at 65,683.26, down 617.18 points from the previous day. Semiconductor and other artificial intelligence-related stocks were sold, pushing the index lower. At one point, it was sold down by more than 1,300 points, but stocks with strong earnings were bought, narrowing the decline. The Tokyo Stock Exchange Stock Price Index rose 9.68 points to 4,055.85. In the Tokyo foreign exchange market, the dollar-yen pair saw buying prevail in late trading, firming in the upper 157 yen range. The yield on the newly issued 10-year government bond, a benchmark for long-term interest rates, fell 0.045 percentage points to 2.760 percent.
