The stock price on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on the 8th has dropped slightly.
The Nikkei Stock Average, the closing price in the morning is 26,475.11 yen, which is 72.33 yen lower than the closing price on the 7th.
The Tokyo Stock Price Index = Topics fell 0.63 to 1760.12, and the morning trading volume was 53.01 million shares.
Market officials said, "The Nikkei Stock Average has temporarily dropped by more than 200 yen due to the re-expansion of the new coronavirus infection and the view that the stock price is wary of the recent surge in selling orders. After that, buy orders were placed for semiconductor-related stocks with good business performance, and the rate of decline narrowed. "