日经225股票平均指数周四交易中下跌逾5%，加入了隔夜在美国开始的全球科技股抛售行列。
The Nikkei 225 stock average fell more than 5% in Thursday trade, joining a global tech-stock rout that began in the United States overnight.
午盘时分，Advantest（优测）下跌逾15%，东京电子（Tokyo Electron）下跌约8%。软银集团下跌逾10%，铠侠（Kioxia）下跌逾11%。
周三美股交易中，标普500指数下跌1.11%，纳斯达克综合指数下跌1.88%，此前公布的通胀读数高于预期，加剧了对经济前景和科技股高估值的担忧。
Advantest was down more than 15% at midday, while Tokyo Electron declined about 8%. SoftBank Group fell more than 10% and Kioxia more than 11%.In U.S. trading on Wednesday, the S&P 500 fell 1.11% and the Nasdaq composite declined 1.88% after a higher-than-expected inflation reading fed into concerns about the economy and high valuations in technology shares.