In response to the information that former Prime Minister Abe was shot in Nara City on the 8th and collapsed, the number of sell orders increased immediately after the start of the afternoon transaction, and the stock price has been declining. ..
In the morning, the Nikkei Stock Average had risen by more than 300 yen, but the afternoon transaction started after the information that former Prime Minister Abe, who was giving a speech in Nara City, was shot and collapsed. Immediately after that, the number of sell orders increased, and the increase in stock prices narrowed.
"I don't know the details, but investors are worried about the growing uncertainty about the future of the political situation, and it seems that sell orders are being reflexively placed," said a market official.
On the other hand, in the Tokyo foreign exchange market, the movement to sell the dollar spread immediately after the information was transmitted, and the yen exchange rate fluctuated from the 136 yen level per dollar to the low 135 yen level at one time, and it has become an unstable movement. increase.