By Momoka Yokoyama 日本股票连续第二个交易日下跌，跟随华尔街的抛售潮，持续高企的油价重新激发了通胀担忧，施压于接近历史高位的股票。
Japanese stocks fell for a second day, tracking a Wall Street selloff as persistently high oil prices revived inflation concerns and weighed on equities near record highs.
周期股包括贸易公司、银行和材料股引领下跌。截至东京时间上午9:07，日经指数下跌0.6%至69,630.12点，东证指数下跌1%至4,111.35点。
Cyclical stocks including trading houses, banks and materials led the decline. The Topix fell 1% to 4,111.35 as of 9:07 a.m. Tokyo time, while the Nikkei declined 0.6% to 69,630.12.
野村证券高级策略师伊藤隆史表示，AI和半导体股，以及钢铁制造商和有色金属生产商等周期股可能会继续承压卖出。然而，他表示，对国内企业盈利的坚定预期应该能限制损失，使下跌幅度不太可能像周三那么陡峭。
AI and semiconductor shares, along with cyclical stocks such as steelmakers and nonferrous metals producers, are likely to remain under selling pressure, said Takashi Ito, a senior strategist at Nomura Securities. Still, solid expectations for domestic corporate earnings should limit losses, making a decline as steep as Wednesday’s unlikely, he said.
在日本交易所集团宣布后，Kioxia控股公司股价上涨逾3%，该内存制造商的自由流动权重将从之前的15%提高至50%。Nidec公司股价下跌逾3%，因Oasis Management Co.敦促这家面临会计丑闻、面临退市风险的制造商评估私有化选项。
Kioxia Holdings Corp. rose more than 3% after Japan Exchange Group Inc. announced that the memory maker’s free-float weight will rise to 50% from the previous 15% in its regular review. Nidec Corp. dropped more than 3% after Oasis Management Co. urged the embattled manufacturer to evaluate privatization options as grapples with an accounting scandal that has put it at risk of delisting.
三菱UFJ金融集团对东证指数的下跌贡献最大，下跌1.5%。在该指数1,634只股票中，有150只上涨，1,444只下跌，40只持平不变。
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. contributed the most to the Topix decline, decreasing 1.5%. Out of 1,634 stocks in the index, 150 rose and 1,444 fell, while 40 were unchanged.
日本交易所集团周三推出了有史以来最大规模的东证指数重组，这一改革缩小了亚洲最广泛的主要股票基准之一，并加大了对日本公司提升市场吸引力的压力。
Japan Exchange Group unveiled the biggest-ever reshuffle of the Topix on Wednesday, a revamp that shrinks one of Asia’s broadest major equity benchmarks and intensifies pressure on Japanese companies to boost their market appeal.