A pedestrian passes a screen showing stock market information in Tokyo, Japan, April 7, 2025. Tokyo stocks plunged early Monday with the benchmark Nikkei index briefly losing nearly 3,000 points amid growing fears of a global trade conflict triggered by U.S. tariffs. In the first 15 minutes of trading, Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, shed 2,843.48 points, or 8.42 percent, from Friday to 30,937.10, the lowest intraday level since October 2023. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
TOKYO, April 7 (Xinhua) — Tokyo stocks plunged Monday, with the benchmark Nikkei index suffering its third-largest point drop on record, as global sell-offs continued amid intensifying fears of an all-out trade war and a global economic recession triggered by the U.S. tariffs hike.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, ended down 2,644.00 points, or 7.83 percent, from Friday at 31,136.58.
The broader Topix index, meanwhile, finished 193.40 points, or 7.79 percent, lower at 2,288.66. ■
A pedestrian passes a screen showing stock market information in Tokyo, Japan, April 7, 2025.
Tokyo stocks plunged early Monday with the benchmark Nikkei index briefly losing nearly 3,000 points amid growing fears of a global trade conflict triggered by U.S. tariffs.
In the first 15 minutes of trading, Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, shed 2,843.48 points, or 8.42 percent, from Friday to 30,937.10, the lowest intraday level since October 2023. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
A pedestrian passes a screen showing stock market information in Tokyo, Japan, April 7, 2025.
Tokyo stocks plunged early Monday with the benchmark Nikkei index briefly losing nearly 3,000 points amid growing fears of a global trade conflict triggered by U.S. tariffs.
In the first 15 minutes of trading, Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, shed 2,843.48 points, or 8.42 percent, from Friday to 30,937.10, the lowest intraday level since October 2023. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
Pedestrians pass a screen showing stock market information in Tokyo, Japan, April 7, 2025.
Tokyo stocks plunged early Monday with the benchmark Nikkei index briefly losing nearly 3,000 points amid growing fears of a global trade conflict triggered by U.S. tariffs.
In the first 15 minutes of trading, Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, shed 2,843.48 points, or 8.42 percent, from Friday to 30,937.10, the lowest intraday level since October 2023. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
A pedestrian passes a screen showing stock market information in Tokyo, Japan, April 7, 2025.
Tokyo stocks plunged early Monday with the benchmark Nikkei index briefly losing nearly 3,000 points amid growing fears of a global trade conflict triggered by U.S. tariffs.
In the first 15 minutes of trading, Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, shed 2,843.48 points, or 8.42 percent, from Friday to 30,937.10, the lowest intraday level since October 2023. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
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