On the 17th, the Nikkei Stock Average fell for the fourth consecutive business day due to a sell order placed on the Tokyo stock market due to a sense of caution that the area subject to the state of emergency would be added.
The Nikkei Stock Average, the closing price on the 17th, is 27,424.47 yen, which is 98.72 yen lower than the 16th.
Tokyo Stock Price Index = Topics fell 9.35 to 1915.63.
The daily trading volume was 954.19 million shares.
Market officials said, "Investors are very cautious about the addition of areas subject to the state of emergency due to the rapid spread of the new coronavirus infection, and stock prices in major Asian markets such as Shanghai and Hong Kong have fallen. That also led to a sell order. "