Stock prices rise significantly Expectations for vaccine development New Corona May 19 15:41

The Tokyo stock market and the Nikkei Stock Average rose sharply on the 19th, and the closing price was the first level in about two and a half months.

The Nikkei Stock Average, today's closing price is 299.72 yen higher than 19th, 20433.45 yen. TSE stock index = topics rose 26.76 to 1486.05, with daily trading volume at 1,589.51 million shares. The closing price of the Nikkei Stock Average was the first time in two and a half months since March 6th.

A market official said, “We expected to develop new vaccines for the new coronavirus, and the purchase orders have spread to a wide range of stocks. We cannot predict whether the uptrend will continue due to factors such as the US-China conflict over China. "