Nikkei Stock Average, closing price on the 9th, is 45. 92 yen lower than the previous day at 22,598.39 yen. The TSE stock index = topics decreased by 4.55 to 1740. The trading volume was 1,310,100,000 shares on 16.1 the day.

Market officials said, "As the yen appreciates slightly in the foreign exchange market, selling orders came out mainly concerning export related issues such as automobiles and electric machinery, among investors, We wanted to find out the way of trade talks between Japan and the US that began, and aggressive transactions were refrained. "