In the Tokyo stock market on the 20th, the Nikkei Stock Average temporarily dropped by more than 300 yen immediately after the start of the transaction due to concerns that the infection of the new corona is spreading again in the world and the economic recovery is slowing down.
After that, the Nikkei Stock Average narrowed its decline, and the closing price in the morning was 27,564.52 yen, which is 88.22 yen lower than the closing price on the 19th.
Tokyo Stock Price Index = Topics fell 8.13, just 1899.
The morning trading volume was 541 million shares.
In the New York stock market on the 19th, the closing price of the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell the most due to concerns about the spread of the new Corona mutant virus "Delta strain", and the Tokyo market was also affected by this in the morning. ..
Market officials said, "The plunge in crude oil futures prices in the New York market also chilled investors' sentiment, but the subsequent recovery in overtime trading has led to a reduction in the Nikkei Stock Average. ".