Japan's Nikkei stock index fell below 60,000 points intraday Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, November 6 (Reporters Li Shimeng and Lan Jianzhong) Affected by the overnight decline in technology stocks in the US stock market, the artificial intelligence and semiconductor sectors of the Japanese stock market sold off. The Nikkei 225 average price index fell below 60,000 points during the session, which was the first time since May 20. The Nikkei stock index and the Topix index both fell more than 5% during the session.