Against the background of the appreciation of the yen on the Tokyo stock market and the foreign exchange market on the 8th, stock prices fell slightly due to the spread of sell orders for export-related stocks.
▽The closing price of the Nikkei Stock Average on the 8th was 27,606.46 yen, 79.1 yen lower than on the 7th.
On the other hand,
▽ Tokyo Stock Price Index = Topics rose by 0.57 to 1983.97.
▽ The daily trading volume was 1.095 billion shares.
The reason for the drop in stock prices is that the appreciation of the yen progressed in the foreign exchange market, and the spread of sell orders centered on export-related stocks such as automobiles.
Furthermore, on the 7th, following the announcement of financial results, such as the Softbank Group, which announced a deficit of over 900 billion yen, some brands were sold.
The next thing that the market is paying attention to is the remarks of senior Fed officials one after another since tonight in Japan time.
Chairman Powell made a remark in the early hours of the 8th, but many investors felt that ``the stance toward monetary tightening was not as strong as expected,'' and the sense of caution about further interest rate hikes has eased for the time being. I'm in.
However, depending on the content of remarks by senior FRB officials after the night of the 8th, there is a possibility that the sense of caution will become stronger again, attracting the attention of market participants.