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decline after a rise, reactionary drop, pullback
A drop in price or value that follows a period of increase. A financial and stock market term describing a reversal in an upward trend.
株価が反落した。
Stock prices fell back.
日経平均は前日の上昇から反落した。
The Nikkei average pulled back from the previous day's rise.
利益確定売りに押されて反落し、前日比百円安で引けた。
Pushed down by profit-taking, it fell back and closed 100 yen lower than the previous day.
COMPONENTS: 反 (reverse/anti-) + 落 (fall/drop). Used with する: 反落する.
A financial news term. The opposite is 反発 (rebound after a decline).
RELATED MARKET TERMS:
- 反発 — rebound, bounce back (after a decline)
- 続落 — continued decline
- 続伸 — continued rise
- 急落 — sharp drop
- 暴落 — crash, plunge