Stock price drops Feb. 17 at 12:30 due to spread of infection and worsening GDP growth

Tokyo stock market on the 17th, stock prices are falling.

The Nikkei Stock Average closed at 23,535.33 yen, which is 150.56 yen lower than last weekend.
TSE Stock Index = Topics fell 14.67 to 1688.20.
The morning turnover was 61.61 million shares.

Market officials commented, "In addition to the ongoing spread of the new coronavirus, there is growing concern about the impact on the global economy, and GDP growth from October to December last year has been The price declined by more than 350 yen due to worse than expected, and there have been buy-backs since then. "