Nikkei 225 Stock Average hits new highs in January, with overseas investors making large net purchases. This is the first time since May of last year, when the Nikkei Stock Average recovered to the 30,000 yen level, that the monthly net buying amount of foreign investors exceeded 2 trillion yen.
Domestic individual investors sold stocks for an amount that exceeded the amount they bought by approximately 937 billion yen, and there was a movement in the market to lock in profits against the backdrop of rising stock prices.