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Tokyo stocks fall as investors await US midterm election results
Tokyo stocks opened lower on Wednesday as investors waited for results from the US midterm elections.
The Nikkei 225 fell 399.51 points, or 0.63%, to 62,682.35 in the first 15 minutes of trading.
The broader Topix index slipped 0.05% to 3,928.16.
Japanese markets had been closed on Tuesday for a public holiday, so trading resumed after that break.
The cautious mood showed investors were waiting for election results before making bigger moves.
The next development for markets is the release of the US midterm results.
Tokyo stocks opened lower on Wednesday as investors awaited results from the U.S. midterm elections.
In the first 15 minutes of trading, the Nikkei Stock Average fell 399.51 points, or 0.63 percent, to 62,682.35.
The broader Topix index was down 2.12 points, or 0.05 percent, at 3,928.16.
A later Kyodo headline reported that the Nikkei had fallen more than 3 percent ahead of the election results.
Japanese markets had been closed on Tuesday for a public holiday.
- Who
- Investors in Tokyo stocks.
- What
- Tokyo stocks opened lower; a later report said the Nikkei fell more than 3 percent.
- When
- Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026.
- Where
- Tokyo, Japan.
- Why
- Investors were awaiting results of the U.S. midterm elections.
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Japanese markets were closed for a public holiday.
Tokyo stocks opened lower ahead of the U.S. midterm election results.
The Nikkei fell 399.51 points, or 0.63 percent, and the Topix fell 2.12 points, or 0.05 percent.
Kyodo reported that the Nikkei had fallen more than 3 percent ahead of the U.S. midterm election results.
- Nikkei at open
- 62,682.35, down 399.51 points or 0.63 percent
- Topix at open
- 3,928.16, down 2.12 points or 0.05 percent
- Later Nikkei report
- Fell more than 3 percent
- Market closure
- Japanese markets were closed Tuesday for a public holiday
- Election
- U.S. midterm election results awaited