The mood was already sour in the morning but it deteriorated after Chinese shares reacted to the news. This pushed investors to hedge against further drops by selling futures.

Chihiro Ohta

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The U.S. ISM data out overnight was not all that encouraging, and lower oil is prompting a bit of risk aversion.

The Nikkei had not been able to make further advances after rising significantly, and we are also starting to see a retracement of some of those gains.

He said it again, so there is a growing view that he will actuall... by Chihiro Ohta

He said it again, so there is a growing view that he will actually do it.

We don't see big catalysts today, but there is Topix's rebalancing at the market close, so there might be a volume increase.

Although the market impact is unknown, higher volume is expected... by Chihiro Ohta

Although the market impact is unknown, higher volume is expected in these shares.

Investors will refrain from taking large positions this week until these events are over, the majority of investors do not expect a policy change for now, but there is a slight expectation that the bank will ease some time soon and they will be looking for a sign in Kuroda's speech.