On the 19th, the Nikkei Stock Average fell by more than 300 yen on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Stock Average closed on the 19th at 28,044.45 yen, which is 362.39 yen lower than the 18th.



Tokyo Stock Price Index = Topics fell 12.50 to 1895.24.



The daily trading volume was 1,164,840,000 shares.



Market officials said, "Because of concerns about the delay in vaccination compared to Europe and the United States, many stocks have been ordered to sell in the Tokyo market, and the Nikkei Stock Average has temporarily dropped by more than 500 yen. The Fed's Federal Reserve Board may be reducing the scale of monetary easing, and the minutes of last month's meeting, which will be released early tomorrow in Japan time, are drawing attention. " I will.