{"id":44598,"date":"2021-04-19T12:52:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T08:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/?p=44598"},"modified":"2021-04-19T12:52:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T08:52:17","slug":"japans-topix-closes-lower-as-corona-worries-overshadow-gains-in-chip-stocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/japans-topix-closes-lower-as-corona-worries-overshadow-gains-in-chip-stocks\/04\/19\/market-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan&#8217;s Topix Closes Lower as Corona Worries Overshadow Gains in Chip Stocks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Japan&#8217;s TOPIX reversed direction to close lower on Monday, while the Nikkei was little changed on concerns about mounting COVID-19 infections, overshadowing gains in chip-related stocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The broader TOPIX index fell 0.22% to close at 1956.56 points, while the Nikkei index trimmed its gains to close, up 0.01% to 29,685.37 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan and the United States agreed last week to cooperate in investing in semiconductors to address a global shortage of chips, which analysts say is positive for Japanese chemical and industrial companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the risks associated with a rapid spread of Covid-19 persist, as the governor of Tokyo is considering imposing a state of emergency again to cope with a steady increase in cases of the virus. Analysts say the slow pace of vaccinations in Japan is a negative factor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan&#8217;s TOPIX reversed direction to close lower on Monday, while the Nikkei was little changed on concerns about mounting COVID-19 infections, overshadowing gains in chip-related stocks. The broader TOPIX index fell 0.22% to close at 1956.56 points, while the Nikkei index trimmed its gains to close, up 0.01% to 29,685.37 points. Japan and the United &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":40115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,36],"tags":[6939],"class_list":["post-44598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-forex-markets","category-market-updates","tag-japan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44599,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44598\/revisions\/44599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}