15:43 on January 21 when the stock price falls below 24,000 yen

In the Tokyo Stock Market on the 21st, trading orders swelled and the Nikkei Stock Average closed below 24,000 yen, closing the trade.

The Nikkei Stock Average closed at 21,386.56 yen, down 218.95 yen from the 20th.

TSE Stock Index = Topics fell 9.19 to 1734.97.

The daily turnover was 91.259 million shares.

Market officials say, "As pneumonia, which is thought to be caused by the new coronavirus, is spreading in China, people are increasingly wary of the impact on the economy, and stock prices are falling in the Chinese and Shanghai markets and the Hong Kong market. Due to the somewhat stronger yen in the foreign exchange market, the movement to sell stocks, especially export-related ones, whose prices have been rising, has expanded. "