Japan stocks closed down 4%, Korea market closed

Odaily Planet Daily News The Nikkei 225 index fell 2,694.42 points, or 4.03%, to 64,141.12 points on Friday (July 17), once falling 6% during the session and losing the 63,000-point mark; Japan's TOPIX index closed down 2.72%. Among individual stocks, Kioxia fell 16%, SoftBank fell 8.5%, and Advantest fell 8%. The South Korean stock market was closed today.