The trend of risk aversion continues, reaching the 33,000 yen level for the first time in eight months.

The Nikkei Average continued to decline significantly. It closed at 33,780.58 yen, down 955.35 yen (estimated Volume 3.2 billion 10 million shares), breaking below 34,000 yen for the first time in about eight months since August 5 of last year. Due to the USA's mutual tariffs and concerns over a global economic slowdown, the major Overseas stock indices plummeted the previous day, leading to a steep decline in the Nikkei Average at the start. It fell below the 34,000 yen mark in the middle of the morning session. After that, there were some buybacks due to a rebound from the sharp declines.

Fisco JapanApr 4 03:26 ET

The Nikkei average is down about 1,140 yen, with Advantest, SoftBank Group, and Tokyo Electron contributing negatively at the top.

As of 12:46 PM on the 4th, the Nikkei average stock price is trading around 33,600 yen, approximately 1,140 yen lower than the previous day. The afternoon session also started with a prevailing Sell. At 12:43 PM, it reached 33,472.82 yen, down 1,263.11 yen. The foreign exchange market shows 1 dollar equals approximately 145.70 yen, currently moving slightly towards a stronger yen. The contribution of the adopted stocks in the Nikkei average stock price has negatives from Advantest <6857.T>, SoftBank Group <9984.T>, and Tokyo Electron <8035.T> being at the top.

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The ADR trends on the 3rd show that INPEX, Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, etc., are low in yen conversion value.

On the 3rd, the ADRs (American Depositary Receipts) showed a broad decline compared to the closing prices in Tokyo on the same day when converted to yen. In terms of yen conversion, INPEX <1605.T>, Hitachi <6501.T>, Kawasaki Heavy Industries <7012.T>, IHI <7013.T>, SoftBank Group <9984.T>, etc., were all lower. Nidec Corporation Sponsored ADR <6594.T>, Rohm <6963.T>, Murata Manufacturing <6981.T>, Asics <7936.T>, Tokyo Electron <8035.T>, etc., also performed poorly. Provided by Wealth Advisor Company.

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