Nikkei Stock Average drops more than 1,100 yen at one point due to intensifying US-Iran war

At the Tokyo stock market on the 4th, the Nikkei Stock Average fell back, with the decline from the previous day's closing price at one point exceeding 1,100 yen, reaching the 67,200 yen level. The fighting between the US and Iran is intensifying again, and the major indexes fell in the US market the previous day, and the Tokyo market followed suit.

At the New York Stock Exchange on the 3rd, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which is made up of major companies, fell for the first time in six business days. Technology-related stocks and other stocks were sold, and the stock closed at $50,687.07, down $620.72 (1.21%) from the previous day.

U.S. Central Command announced on the 2nd that it had attacked an Iranian ground control station in self-defense. On the 3rd, Iran attacked Kuwait's airport with missiles and drones, causing casualties. Due to increasing uncertainty regarding the situation in the Middle East, the futures price of ``American WTI crude oil'', which is an indicator of crude oil prices, has increased, weighing on stock prices.