Tokyo stocks plunge over 4%, Asian semiconductor shares tumble in line with Wall Street

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Tokyo stocks plunged more than 4% in morning trade today, with the Nikkei 225 falling 2,701.42 points, or 4.16%, to 62,229.77, and the Topix index dropping 2.92% to 3,947.25. Semiconductor shares led the decline, tracking losses in their US peers amid uncertainty over the return on investment in artificial intelligence. Tokyo Electron slumped over 10%, while Advantest fell 10.25% and SoftBank Group lost 6%. Kioxia tumbled more than 17%. Across the Asia-Pacific region, markets were broadly lower. South Korea's Kospi index plunged as much as 8% after SK Hynix dived 11% and Samsung Electronics dropped 9.5%, prompting the Korea Exchange to trigger a 20-minute temporary trading halt. Taiwan's TAIEX fell 3.79%, with TSMC down over 2%. China's SSE Composite Index slipped 0.93%, bucking the trend of Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index, which rose 0.59%.

Impact on stocks 7

Semiconductors▼ · 5 stocks
SK Hynix Inc
000660
▼ NegativeDemandrelevance

Dived 11% as semiconductor stocks plunge on AI ROI uncertainty.

Advantest Corp.
6857
▼ NegativeDemandrelevance

Fell 10.25% amid broad semiconductor sell-off due to AI ROI uncertainty.

TE Connectivity Ltd
TEL
▼ NegativeDemandrelevance

Slumped over 10% as semiconductor shares fall on AI investment return concerns.

Artificial Intelligence▼ · 1 stocks
Financials▼ · 1 stocks
SoftBank Group Corp.
9984
▼ NegativeCapitalrelevance

Broad market sell-off driven by AI ROI uncertainty, dragging down SoftBank Group.

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