{"id":73777,"date":"2026-05-26T01:44:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T01:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/05\/26\/japanese-market-notably-lower-75\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T01:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T01:44:15","slug":"japanese-market-notably-lower-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/05\/26\/japanese-market-notably-lower-75\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Market Notably Lower"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Japanese stock market is trading notably lower on Tuesday after opening in the green, snapping a three-session winning streak, despite the broadly positive cues from European markets<\/span> and lack of cues from Wall Street overnight, with the Nikkei 225 falling well below the 64,750 level, with weakness in index heavyweights, automakers and technology stocks.<\/p>\n

The benchmark Nikkei 225 Index is down 441.75 points or 0.68 percent at 64,716.44, after hitting a low of 64,605.69 and a high of 65,317.69 earlier. Japanese shares ended sharply higher on Monday.<\/p>\n

Market heavyweight SoftBank Group is jumping more than 8 percent and Uniqlo operator Fast Retailing is edging up 0.3 percent. Among automakers, Honda is edging down 0.5 percent and Toyota is also edging down 0.2 percent.<\/p>\n

In the tech space, Advantest is tumbling more than 5 percent, Screen Holdings is edging down 0.3 percent and Tokyo Electron is declining more than 2 percent.<\/p>\n

In the banking sector, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial is edging down 0.1 percent and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial is losing almost 1 percent, while Mizuho Financial is gaining almost 1 percent.<\/p>\n

The major exporters are mixed. Mitsubishi Electric and Panasonic are gaining more than 1 percent each, while Sony and Canon are losing more than 1 percent each.<\/p>\n

Among the other major losers, Chugai Pharmaceutical is tumbling more than 5 percent, while ARCHION and Kioxia Holdings are sliding almost 5 percent each. Eisai is declining more than 4 percent, while Fujikura and Trend Micro are slipping almost 4 percent each. SHIFT and Mitsubishi are down more than 3 percent each, while Daikin Industries, Shiseido, Nikon and Olympus are losing almost 3 percent each.<\/p>\n

Conversely, Taiyo Yuden is jumping almost 9 percent, while Kawasaki Heavy Industries and IHI are surging more than 7 percent each. Taisei and Kajima are advancing more than 5 percent each, while AGC, Ibiden and Furukawa Electric are gaining almost 5 percent each. Shimizu is adding more than 4 percent each, while Renesas Electronics, NTN, Tokuyama and Japan Steel Works are rising more than 3 percent each. Murata Manufacturing is up almost 3 percent.<\/p>\n

In the currency market, the U.S. dollar is trading in the higher 158 yen-range on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

On Wall Street, the markets were closed on Monday for Memorial Day holiday.<\/p>\n

The major European markets moved to the upside over the course of the session. Germany’s DAX and France’s CAC 40 moved up 2.01% and 1.76%, respectively. The UK market remained closed for Bank Holiday.<\/p>\n

Crude oil prices slumped to hit two-week lows on Monday amid expectations that a potential U.S.-Iran peace deal could restore smoother energy flows through the key shipping route. West Texas Intermediate crude for July delivery was down 5.2 percent at $91.56 per barrel. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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