On the 1st, the Tokyo stock market and the Nikkei stock average rose slightly.
▽The Nikkei Stock Average closed on the 1st at 27,678.92 yen, 91.46 yen higher than the previous day.
▽ Tokyo Stock Price Index = Topics rose by 9.07 to 1938.50
▽ The daily trading volume was 1,232.55 million shares.
A market insider said, ``As the earnings announcements of companies reach their peak, while buying orders are placed for companies that have performed well, selling orders are placed for companies that have reduced profits due to the impact of high raw material prices, and it seems that buying and selling are intermingling. From the 1st, there were many investors who refrained from aggressive trading before the FRB, the central bank of the United States, held a meeting to decide monetary policy."