On the 17th, the stock price of the Tokyo Stock Exchange fell due to a sell order to secure profits.
▽ Nikkei Stock Average, the closing price on the 17th is 329.29.19 yen, which is 175.56 yen lower than the closing price on the 16th.
▽ Tokyo Stock Price Index = Topics fell 3.59 to 1961.49.
▽ The daily trading volume was 1,371,520,000 shares.
Market officials said, "The vaccination of the new coronavirus has started, and there have been buy orders in hopes of normalizing economic activity, but we are wary that the Nikkei Stock Average has risen by more than 900 yen in the two days until the 16th. Then, a sell order was placed to secure profits once. Investors are paying close attention to the statistics of the US retail industry released on the night of the 17th of Japan time. "