On the 14th after the Golden Week holidays, the stock price of the Tokyo stock market fell sharply due to sell orders for a wide range of stocks due to concerns about inflation in the United States and the situation in Ukraine.
The Nikkei Stock Average, the closing price on the 14th, was 27,079.59 yen, which is 616.49 yen lower than last Thursday.
Tokyo Stock Price Index = Topics fell 31.96 to 1930.65.
The daily trading volume was 1,379,810,000 shares.
Market officials said, "There is growing concern that crude oil prices will rise and inflation will further increase from the view that Russia may invade Ukraine. As a result, sell orders have been placed for a wide range of stocks, and the Nikkei Stock Average has risen. At one point, the price dropped by more than 700 yen, and there was a situation where it fell below 27,000 yen. "