In the Tokyo stock market on the 22nd, the stock price has risen as the expectation that the performance of export-related companies will improve against the background of the yen's depreciation against the dollar.

▽The Nikkei Stock Average closed in the morning at 28,150.50 yen, which is 205.71 yen higher than the previous day's closing price.



▽ Tokyo Stock Price Index = Picks rose 23.44 to 1996.01.



▽ Morning trading volume was 611.96 million shares.

A market insider said, "The yen is depreciating against the dollar in the foreign exchange market as a result of aggressive remarks by high-ranking officials of the Fed in the United States about tightening monetary policy. In response to this, export-related stocks such as automobiles are on the rise. Buy orders are spreading in anticipation of improved performance."