Small price movements of stock prices Investors refraining from trading due to the spread of infection in Europe also at 12:36 on October 16
Stock prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on the 16th have been modest.
The Nikkei Stock Average, the closing price in the morning, is 23,523.37 yen, which is 16.14 yen higher than the closing price on the 15th.
The Tokyo Stock Price Index = Topics fell 4.65 to 1627.14, and the morning trading volume was 421.11 million shares.
Market officials said, "Although the infection of the new coronavirus is spreading again in Europe, many investors are refraining from aggressive transactions because they want to see how much it will affect the Tokyo market. On the other hand, the business outlook is favorable. Investors are increasingly focusing on the content of individual companies' announcements as buy orders are gathered at the companies in Tokyo. "