As of 1:50 pm, the Nikkei average is down 816 yen. In terms of Nikkei average contribution, First Retail <9983>, TDK <8035>, Advantest <6857>, etc. are ranked high on the negative contribution side, while Taiyo Yuden <6976>, Eisai <4523>, Asahi <2502>, etc. are ranked high on the positive contribution side. In terms of sectors, all industries are declining. Real estate, oil & coal products, mining, precision instruments, and nonferrous metals have the highest decline rates.

The Nikkei average is staying in the low price range. Despite last week's release of important events such as the US consumer price statistics and the meetings of the central banks of Japan, the US, and China, there seems to be a lack of new material clues, and active buying is being withheld.