The Nikkei Stock Average temporarily dropped by more than 300 yen due to concerns about the spread of the mutant virus infection on the Tokyo stock market on the 29th.
On the 29th, the Nikkei Stock Average temporarily dropped by more than 300 yen immediately after the start of the transaction due to concerns about the spread of the mutant virus "Delta strain" confirmed in India.
After that, there was a movement to buy back the stocks whose prices dropped, and the Nikkei Stock Average and the closing price in the morning were 28,791.20 yen, which is 256.82 yen lower than the closing price on the 28th.
Tokyo Stock Price Index = Topics fell 16.92 to 1948.75.
The morning trading volume was 472.45 million shares.
Market officials said, "While the number of newly infected people with the new corona is increasing in Tokyo, there is a deep-rooted uncertainty about the economic outlook among investors, and sales orders are being placed on a wide range of stocks."