{"id":43724,"date":"2025-02-07T13:08:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T07:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/?p=43724"},"modified":"2025-02-07T13:08:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T07:38:18","slug":"asian-markets-nikkei-closes-at-38786-80-jpy-down-279-66-points-losing-0-72","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/east-asia\/japan\/asian-markets-nikkei-closes-at-38786-80-jpy-down-279-66-points-losing-0-72\/43724\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian Markets: Nikkei closes at 38,786.80 JPY, down 279.66 points, losing 0.72%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tokyo\u2019s Nikkei 225 index ended lower, closing at <strong>38,786.80 JPY<\/strong>, reflecting a decline of <strong>279.66 points<\/strong> or <strong>0.72%<\/strong>. The index faced selling pressure as investors reacted to broader market trends and global economic concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past five days, Nikkei has dropped <strong>0.37%<\/strong>, while its one-month performance shows a decline of <strong>2.74%<\/strong>. Despite the recent downturn, the index remains up <strong>6.97%<\/strong> over the past year, though it has fallen <strong>2.90% year-to-date<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The six-month performance, however, remains positive with a <strong>9.96%<\/strong> gain, indicating longer-term resilience in Japan\u2019s stock market.<\/p>\n<p><em>Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Readers should conduct their own research before making investment decisions.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tokyo\u2019s Nikkei 225 index ended lower, closing at 38,786.80 JPY, reflecting a decline of 279.66 points or 0.72%. The index\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":387,"featured_media":39664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,17976],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-japan","category-markets"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/387"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43725,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43724\/revisions\/43725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}