Stock prices fell due to concerns over the Tokyo stock market on the 23rd and the future of the Chinese economy, and the closing price has fallen below the milestone of 29,000 yen since March 8.
The Nikkei Stock Average, the closing price on the 23rd, is 178.23 yen lower than the 22nd, at 28,995.92 yen.
The Tokyo Stock Price Index = Topics fell 18.70 to 1971.48.
The daily trading volume was 1,371,290,000 shares.
Market officials said, "Because of concerns about the impact of economic sanctions by Western countries on the Chinese economy due to human rights issues in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region and the possibility that the infection of the new coronavirus will spread again in Europe etc., export-related etc. There were sell orders for a wide range of stocks, centered on. "