Stock Price Drops for Fourth Consecutive Day April 2: 16:06
The Nikkei 225 fell on the Tokyo Stock Market for the fourth consecutive day on the 2nd due to fears that economic activity would stagnate further due to the spread of the new coronavirus.
In the afternoon of the Tokyo Stock Market on the 2nd, the Nikkei Stock Average temporarily turned higher in the afternoon.
The closing price of the Nikkei Stock Average is 17,818.72 yen, which is 246.69 yen lower than the closing price of the day.
TSE Stock Index = Topics fell 21.21 to 1329.87.
The daily trading volume was 1,644.26 million shares.
Market officials said, "The number of infected people worldwide has not stopped increasing, and concerns about further stagnation in economic activity are persistent."