On the Tokyo stock market on the 6th, the movement to buy back semiconductor-related stocks, which had continued to fall sharply recently, spread, and stock prices rose.
The Nikkei Stock Average closed on the 6th at 27,311.30 yen, 190.77 yen higher than the previous day's closing price.
The Tokyo Stock Price Index = Topics rose 9.55 to 1922.47.
The daily trading volume was 1,139,430,000 shares.
A market insider said, ``Amid concerns about rising long-term interest rates and economic slowdown in Europe and the United States, there has been a movement to buy back semiconductor-related stocks that have recently fallen sharply. We refrained from aggressive transactions because we wanted to see the results of the U.S. employment statistics that will be released in 2020."