At the beginning of the week on the Tokyo stock market on the 14th, stock prices fell as there was a growing trend to take profits in reaction to the sharp rise in stock prices last weekend.
The Nikkei Stock Average closed on the 14th at 27,963.47 yen, 300.10 yen lower than last weekend's closing price.
The Tokyo Stock Price Index = Topics fell 20.86 to 1956.90.
The daily trading volume was 1,460,350,000 shares.
A market insider said, "Last weekend, stock prices in Japan and the United States rose sharply due to the view that the pace of interest rate hikes in the United States would slow down, but in the Tokyo market today, there was a move to secure profits in reaction to that, and prices fell. In addition, many stocks, including inbound stocks, received sell orders against the backdrop of the strong yen."