Stock prices drop "15:39 on January 15"
On the 15th, the Tokyo Stock Exchange saw the spread of sell orders widening on the view that the trade friction between the United States and China would take a long time, and the stock price fell.
The Nikkei Stock Average closed at 23,916.58 yen, down 108.59 yen from the 14th.
TSE Stock Index = Topics fell 9.47 to 1731.06.
The daily trading volume was 1,122.53 million shares.
A market source said, "The US and China are expected to sign a first-stage agreement on trade negotiations, but stocks that have recently risen in light of the view that friction between the two countries will take some time. , And the movement to secure profits once spread. "