In the Tokyo stock market on the 8th, the stock price rose as the stocks that had fallen in price started to be bought back as the sense of caution about the new mutant virus, Omicron stock, eased.

The Nikkei Stock Average, the closing price on the 8th, is 28,860.62 yen, which is 405.2 yen higher than the 7th.



Tokyo Stock Price Index = Topics rose 12.39 to 2002.24.



The daily trading volume was 1,217,770,000 shares.



Market officials said, "In response to the sharp rise in the stock index of Nasdaq, which has many IT-related stocks, in the New York market on the 7th, buy orders were placed mainly in the semiconductor-related market in the Tokyo market. Many investors have decided that the feeling has eased and that the impact on the economy will be limited, and there has been a move to buy back stocks that have fallen in price. "