Trading data showed on Friday that Tokyo’s main stock exchange, the Nikkei, has retracted its earnings after it was announced that former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was injured in a shooting.
By 06:42 Moscow time (12:42 Japan time), the Nikkei stock index reached 26,577.62 points, up 0.33% from the opening level, according to Bloomberg.
Prior to the announcement of Shinzo Abe’s injury from the shooting, the index was at 26,871.33 points (at 11:30 a.m. JST), and thus the index lost its recorded gain at the time of trading, knowing that the Index opened trading at 26,623.85 points. .
Japanese media indicated that Shinzo Abe was taken to the hospital unconscious after being shot, and stated that “the former Japanese prime minister is showing no signs of life.”
Source: RT + Bloomberg