On the Tokyo stock market on the 5th, speculation that the pace of monetary tightening in the United States may slow down somewhat eased concerns about an economic slowdown, and stock prices rose.

The Nikkei average closing price on the 5th was 27,120.53 yen, 128.32 yen higher than on the 4th.


The Nikkei Stock Average rose for three consecutive business days and recovered to the 27,000 yen level for the first time in two weeks.


The Tokyo Stock Price Index = Topics rose 6.03 to 1912.92.


The daily trading volume was 1,185.7 million shares.



Market officials said, ``The US has announced a series of economic statistics that are lower than the market's expectations, and the Fed, which is the central bank, may slow down the pace of monetary tightening. The number of orders for the product has increased."