{"id":44099,"date":"2025-02-20T12:24:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T06:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/?p=44099"},"modified":"2025-02-20T12:24:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T06:54:25","slug":"asian-markets-nikkei-falls-1-24-at-close-declines-for-fifth-straight-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/east-asia\/japan\/asian-markets-nikkei-falls-1-24-at-close-declines-for-fifth-straight-day\/44099\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian markets: Nikkei falls 1.24% at close, declines for fifth straight day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nikkei 225 closed at <strong>38,677.82 points<\/strong>, down <strong>486.72 points<\/strong> or <strong>1.24%<\/strong> at the end of the trading day. The index recorded its <strong>fifth consecutive daily loss<\/strong>, reflecting ongoing concerns in the market.<\/p>\n<p>On a <strong>weekly basis<\/strong>, the Nikkei dropped <strong>1.88%<\/strong>, while its <strong>year-to-date performance stands at -3.17%<\/strong>. Over the past six months, however, the index has gained <strong>1.04%<\/strong>, and in the last year, it has risen <strong>1.27%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The decline follows global market uncertainties, with investors closely watching economic indicators and corporate earnings. Analysts noted that <strong>profit-taking and caution ahead of key economic data releases<\/strong> contributed to the downturn.<\/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 any investment decisions.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nikkei 225 closed at 38,677.82 points, down 486.72 points or 1.24% at the end of the trading day. The\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":387,"featured_media":39650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,17976],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44099","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\/44099","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=44099"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44101,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44099\/revisions\/44101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}