As of 14:00, the Nikkei average in the Tokyo stock market was slightly lower at around ¥63.2 thousand, with investors increasingly taking a wait-and-see approach ahead of the US midterm elections. Trading value was approximately ¥5.1337 trillion, while trading volume was approximately 1.43399 billion shares.
In afternoon trading on the 2nd, the Nikkei Stock Average stood at ¥63,244.69 in the Tokyo stock market, down ¥45.42 from the previous day, and remained slightly lower. Many investors were taking a wait-and-see approach ahead of the counting of votes in the US midterm elections. The Tokyo market is expected to be closed on the 3rd for Culture Day, which is restraining active trading.
As of 14:00, trading value on the TSE Prime Market was approximately ¥5.1337 trillion, while trading volume was 1.43399 billion shares.
Among individual stocks, SCREEN, Yaskawa Electric and Japan Post Holdings were lower. Meanwhile, Kikkoman, Keisei Electric Railway and Mitsui Fudosan were among those bought.