Nikkei slumped 3.0%
Japan's Nikkei 225 closed lower on Wednesday, slipping 2.98% to finish at 64243.3 and extending a soft patch that has left it down 2.45% over the past week and 3.73% over three months. Even after the slide it remains 27.62% higher for the year to date.
The selloff put the index back below its 50-day moving average of 66946.15, though it held above the 200-day line at 58762.81. At the close it sat 11.22% under its 52-week high of 72366.34 and 53.18% above its 52-week low of 41938.89.
The move tracked a weak session across much of Asia rather than a single domestic catalyst. Neighbouring Korea's KOSPI fell 3.04% and Australia's ASX 200 dropped 0.92%, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng eased 0.93%. Because world markets close at different hours, the peer readings are not all from the same session: US benchmarks including the S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow posted gains of 0.46%, 0.45% and 0.56% respectively, but those closes are dated September 2, a day ahead of Tokyo's, while Europe's FTSE 100, DAX and CAC 40 were little changed to lower on September 1.
A report from Livemint tied the regional weakness to fresh concerns around a US-Iran conflict, noting the Nikkei and Kospi fell as much as 3%. A separate tradingkey.com headline pointed to losses in Samsung, SK Hynix and Kioxia weighing on the two markets.
The data does not establish a single confirmed driver for the move beyond the geopolitical unease flagged in those headlines; the index's own corporate news flow was thin. What is clear is that a risk-off turn in Asia, not a Japan-specific development, drove the session.
The numbers
- Level 64,243.30, -2.98% on the day (as of 2026-09-03)
- 1-week -2.45% · 1-month -0.18% · 3-month -3.73% · YTD +27.62%
- 52-week range 41,938.89 – 72,366.34, 11.2% below the high
- Trading below its 50-day average and above its 200-day average
Around the world (same session)
- S&P 500 +0.46%
- Nasdaq +0.45%
- Dow +0.56%
- FTSE 100 -0.03%
- DAX -1.10%
- CAC 40 -0.39%
- Euro Stoxx 50 -0.80%
- Hang Seng -0.93%
- Shanghai -0.16%
- KOSPI -3.04%
- TAIEX +1.78%
- ASX 200 -0.92%
- Sensex -0.02%
- Nifty 50 -0.10%
Recent headlines
- Asian markets today: South Korea’s Kospi, Japan's Nikkei 225 fall up to 3% amid fresh concerns around US-Iran war — Livemint (22h ago)
- Japan, South Korea Stocks Open Lower and Extend Losses; Kospi, Nikkei 225 Drop Over 1% as Samsung, SK Hynix and Kioxia Slump — tradingkey.com (2d ago)
- Nikkei 225 CFD Trading — ThinkMarkets (14d ago)
- Total Return N225 Index Price Nasdaq Composite Total Return Nasdaq Composite Stock Market — Diócesis de Salamanca (20d ago)
- Nikkei index slides 1% as markets eye Yen — Business Standard (30d ago)
- Daicel stock holds steady as Nikkei slides on market selloff — AD HOC NEWS (13h ago)
- Asian stock market end lower today — News On AIR (62d ago)
- Nikkei tops 70,000 for first time: What's driving Japan's record-breaking stock market rally? — Moneycontrol.com (78d ago)
Sources
- Asian markets today: South Korea’s Kospi, Japan's Nikkei 225 fall up to 3% amid fresh concerns around US-Iran war — Livemint
- Japan, South Korea Stocks Open Lower and Extend Losses; Kospi, Nikkei 225 Drop Over 1% as Samsung, SK Hynix and Kioxia Slump — tradingkey.com
- Nikkei 225 CFD Trading — ThinkMarkets
- Total Return N225 Index Price Nasdaq Composite Total Return Nasdaq Composite Stock Market — Diócesis de Salamanca
- Nikkei index slides 1% as markets eye Yen — Business Standard
- Daicel stock holds steady as Nikkei slides on market selloff — AD HOC NEWS
- Asian stock market end lower today — News On AIR
- Nikkei tops 70,000 for first time: What's driving Japan's record-breaking stock market rally? — Moneycontrol.com
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