Stock price Morning closing price Decreases slightly February 21 11:51

The Tokyo Stock Market and the Nikkei Average are declining slightly.

The Nikkei Stock Average closed 23.413.81 yen in the morning, 65.34 yen less than the previous day's closing price. On the other hand, TSE stock index = Topics rose 0.93 to 1675.41. Morning volume was 567.24 million shares.

According to a market source, `` The yen depreciation has advanced in the foreign exchange market and purchase orders have been placed in export-related parts such as automobiles, but there is strong concern about the spread of the new coronavirus infection, and sell orders are overall ahead In addition, BOJ Governor Kuroda made a statement at the House of Representatives 'Finance and Finance Committee on additional monetary easing, following investors' expectations of further easing. There have been some moves to sell orders. "