On the Tokyo foreign exchange market on the 9th, as the US midterm elections were being counted, there was a move to sell the dollar in hand and buy the yen to see the results. It went up in price.
As of 5:00 pm, the yen was 1.22 yen higher than the previous day, depreciating against the dollar to 145.50-53.
Against the euro, 1 euro is 146.45-49 sen, which is 27 sen higher than the previous day.
The euro was 1 euro = 1.0064 to 65 dollars against the dollar.
A market insider said, ``There was a widespread movement to sell the dollar on hand in order to ascertain the results of the US midterm elections. , there were many investors who refrained from trading."