US-Iran Conflict Escalation Impacts Market Sentiment, Japanese Stocks Fall
A new wave of conflict between the United States and Iran dampened market sentiment, coupled with profit-taking in artificial intelligence (AI) concept stocks after a significant surge on the previous trading day, causing major Tokyo stock market indices to fall today. The Nikkei 225 index dropped 0.19%, and the Topix index fell 0.29%.
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(Central News Agency, Tokyo, 8th, comprehensive foreign report) A new wave of conflict between the United States and Iran dampened market sentiment, coupled with artificial intelligence (AI) concept stocks giving back some of their previous day's large gains, causing major Tokyo stock market indices to fall today.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 120.19 points, or 0.19%, to close at 62713.65 points.
The Topix index fell 11.01 points, or 0.29%, to close at 3829.48 points. (Compiler: He Hongru) 1150508
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(Central News Agency, Tokyo, 8th, comprehensive foreign report) A new wave of conflict between the United States and Iran dampened market sentiment, coupled with artificial intelligence (AI) concept stocks giving back some of their previous day's large gains, causing major Tokyo stock market indices to fall today.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 120.19 points, or 0.19%, to close at 62713.65 points.
The Topix index fell 11.01 points, or 0.29%, to close at 3829.48 points. (Compiler: He Hongru) 1150508
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