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Toyota Shares Plunge in Final Minute of Tokyo Trading

New Toyota Motor Corp. Yaris Cross vehicles await shipment in Sendai, Japan.
New Toyota Motor Corp. Yaris Cross vehicles await shipment in Sendai, Japan.Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg
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Toyota Motor Corp. slid in the US market on Tuesday after the carmaker’s stock tumbled in the final minute of trading amid a downturn in the broader Japanese stock market earlier.

The stock closed 4.8% lower in Tokyo, its biggest decline since March 2022, shaving about $11 billion from the carmaker’s market value. The benchmark Topix closed 0.7% lower, erasing a gain in afternoon trading as news about Japan’s restrictions on chip-technology exports spurred profit taking. The American Depositary Receipts fell as much as 1.9% by 10:20 a.m. in New York.