The Tokyo Stock Exchange closed this Wednesday with a 0.97% drop in its main indicator, the Nikkei

The Tokyo Stock Exchange closed this Wednesday with a drop of 0.97% in its main indicator, the Nikkei, weighed down by the falls the day before on Wall Street, which weakened technology firms.

The benchmark index, which groups together the 225 most representative securities on the market, It gave up 387.06 points, up to 39,451.85 points.

The Topix, a broader selective that brings together the values ​​of the main section, those with the largest capitalization, fell 0.29% or 7.94 units, reaching 2,706.51.

The Tokyo stock market closed lower this Wednesday and the Nikkei It lost more than 600 points at the beginning of the negotiation, although for a short period of time, due to a strong earthquake in Taiwan before the opening of the Tokyo stock market that added pressure to the sale, according to experts. .

The local currency, the yen, moved in the middle range of 151 yen per dollar, in line with the trend registered the previous day, when it closed at 151.54 yen per dollar.

The most traded value of the day was the semiconductor analysis equipment manufacturer Lasertec, which fell 0.95%, followed by the chip manufacturing equipment producer Tokyo Electron, which finished flat.

Semiconductor company Advantest also finished on the negative side, down 2.14%. Likewise, automotive leader Toyota and technology conglomerate Softbank fell 0.35% and 1.24%, respectively.

The three main Japanese banks, on the other hand, closed with gains: Sumitomo Mitsui 1.92%, Mitsubushi UFG 1.07% and Mizuho 0.24%.

In the main section, 791 stocks fell versus 807 that rose, and 59 ended unchanged.

The total value of the negotiation amounted to 4.76 trillion yen, about 29,144 million euros.