In the Asian stock market, the Nikkei index fell by 91 points or 0.2% in the first half of the day, Kioxia dropped by 6%, and Tokio Marine retracted by 1.8%

The Japanese stock market fluctuated in the early session, with foreign funds continuing to sweep into Nikkei average index futures, pushing the market up initially. However, high-level selling by investors had a significant impact on the market. The Nikkei average index opened up 105 points, rose by 426 points to a high of 54,175 points before retreating, and ended the half-day down 91 points or 0.2%, reporting at 53,658 points.

In the artificial intelligence and semiconductor sectors, SoftBank (9984.JP) and Renesas Electronics (6920.JP) rose by 2% and 3.7%, while Advantest (6857.JP) and Disko (6146.JP) fell by 2% and 1.1%. Tokyo Electron (8035.JP) rose by 0.3%. Google's research algorithm compressing AI models affects memory usage, putting pressure on U.S. memory stocks, with Japanese memory manufacturer Kioxia (285A.JP) down 6.2%. Wire stocks such as Furukawa Electric (5801.JP) and Fujikura (5803.JP) rose by 7.2% and 3.1%.

In other stocks, Fast Retailing (9983.JP) rose by less than 0.1%, while metal stocks JX Metals (5016.JP) fell by 2.8%, and rare earth concept Mitsui Ocean Development (6269.JP) fell by 3.4%. Shipping stocks Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (9104.JP) rose by 3%. Nissan (7201.JP) and Panasonic (6752.JP) rose by 2.2% and 2.7%, while Hitachi (6501.JP) and Sanrio (8136.JP) fell by 2.3% and 2.4%, and Tokyo Electric Power (9501.JP) fell by 1.5%. Tokyo Marine (8766.JP), which had hit the limit up for two consecutive days, retraced by 1.8%.

The exchange rate of the U.S. dollar against the Japanese yen is 159.49