Stock prices are rising on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on the 15th of the week.
The Nikkei Stock Average, the closing price in the morning, is 97.79 yen, which is higher than the closing price last weekend, at 29,815.62 yen.
Tokyo Stock Price Index = topics rose 13.14, 1964.20.
The morning trading volume was 817.28 million shares.
Market officials said, "In the New York market last weekend, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a new high due to expectations for economic normalization due to the early spread of vaccines, and a wide range of stocks have been ordered to buy in the Tokyo market. On the other hand, some stocks, such as semiconductor-related stocks, whose prices have continued to rise, have been placed with sell orders, and the rate of price increase has been suppressed. "