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US-Iran Conflict Escalation Impacts Market Sentiment, Japanese Stocks Fall

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Published May 8, 2026 4:05 PM ・ Updated Jun 13, 2026 8:26 AM ・ 2 min read ・ Source: CNA (Central News Agency)

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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%.

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%.

PRIMARY SOURCE CNA (Central News Agency) View source Distributor: CNA (Central News Agency)
Published: May 8, 2026

(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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