Japanese stocks ended an already turbulent week in a nosedive, dropping to a six-month low as global funds fled risk and the strengthening yen continued to squeeze speculators out of the so-called carry trade.
The broad Topix benchmark of Japanese stocks, which peaked at an all-time high in mid-July and had been one of the world’s best-performing indices of 2024, fell 5.5 per cent in the first hour of Tokyo trading on Friday.
The sell-off followed a 3.2 per cent fall in the Topix on Thursday and heavy overnight drops on Wall Street led by growing market concerns around the US economy and resilience of the tech sector.
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