The Nikkei star index fell 0.96% to 28,489.13 points and the expanded Topix index lost 0.68% to 2,005.58 points.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange closed in the red Thursday, investors in the Japanese market showing concern regarding the rapid rise in Covid-19 cases in the archipelago.
The Nikkei star index fell 0.96% to 28,489.13 points and the expanded Topix index lost 0.68% to 2,005.58 points.
Tokyo is preparing, according to the Japanese public television channel NHK, to raise its alert level to the second highest level on Thursday – on a scale of four -, while more than 2,000 positive cases were recorded in the capital on Wednesday. , more than five times more than the previous week.
On the Chinese markets, the Hang Seng index of Hong Kong lost 0.3% shortly before the close, while Shanghai and Shenzhen finished lower.
On the side of values
SONY BETS ON PLAYSTATION 4: electronics giant Sony (-0.34% to 14,470 yen), which is still struggling to meet demand for its latest console released in November 2020, the PlayStation 5, due to global supply chain disruptions, would consider continuing production of its previous version at least until the end of 2022, according to information from Bloomberg released on Wednesday.
The PlayStation 4, which according to VGChartz has sold more than 116 million copies since its release in 2013, is less complex to manufacture and uses less advanced chips.
On the currency and oil side
The yen was stable once morest the dollar, at a rate of one dollar to 114.60 yen at around 7:10 a.m. GMT, once morest 114.64 yen on Wednesday at 9:00 p.m. GMT. The Japanese currency had however strongly progressed in the day of Wednesday.
The yen rose slightly once morest the euro, which was worth 131.11 yen once morest 131.17 yen the day before.
The euro barely rose once morest the dollar, at a rate of one euro to 1.1441 dollars once morest 1.1442 dollars on Wednesday at 9:00 p.m. GMT.
Oil prices fell: around 07:00 GMT, the price of a barrel of American WTI dropped 0.33% to 82.37 dollars and that of a barrel of Brent of the North Sea 0.31% to 84.41 dollars.