Stock price rose sharply May 11:56 on May 19 due to expectations for vaccine development of new corona

Stock prices have risen sharply due to the Tokyo stock market on the 19th and expectations for the development of a new coronavirus vaccine.

The Nikkei Stock Average closing price on the morning of 19th is 25,517.42 yen, which is 383.69 yen higher than the closing price on the previous day.

TSE stock index (topics) rose 24.75 to 1484.04.

The turnover in the morning was 830.46 million shares.

A market official said, "There are orders to buy many stocks due to expectations that the development of a new coronavirus vaccine will progress and that China's crude oil demand is recovering. Since the price has risen by more than 500 yen, some sales orders have been issued to secure profits, and the rate of increase has decreased somewhat. ”