Japan Market Daily | Kabutaro & Friends

On June 27, 2026, while major financial markets were closed for Saturday, the global financial landscape adjusted to Friday's market movements. In the preceding session, the Nikkei 225 snapped its winning streak to close down 1,608.50 yen at 70,757.84 yen due to a technical correction after rapid gains, weekend profit-taking, and overnight losses on Wall Street, which dragged down leading semiconductor shares. In the FX market, steady demand for the greenback kept the USD/JPY cross locked in a historical weak-yen zone in the lower-to-mid 161 yen range to close the week. Meanwhile, Japan's May core CPI data released on Friday, which rose 2.5 percent year-on-year to exceed market forecasts, continued to reinforce expectations of future rate hikes by the Bank of Japan, drawing attention toward interest rate trends for the upcoming week.