Due to the Tokyo stock market on the 3rd and the sense of caution about the acceleration of the interest rate hike in the United States, the Nikkei Stock Average temporarily rose by more than 400 yen, and it was the highest price of this year during the trading hours.
The Nikkei Stock Average closed in the morning at 27,898.37 yen, 399.50 yen higher than the closing price on the 2nd.
Tokyo Stock Price Index = Topics rose 25.10 to 2019.67.
Morning volume was 585.44 million shares.
A market official said, ``The US economic indicators announced recently have exceeded market expectations one after another, and there is a view that the FRB will raise interest rates by 0.5%, double the usual rate, at the meeting to decide monetary policy in March. However, after a high-ranking Fed official expressed his support for a 0.25% interest rate hike, fears of an accelerated rate hike eased, prompting buy orders to spread across a wide range of stocks in the Tokyo market. "I'm talking.