18-07-2025
Thinning Japan Stock Trades Show Jitters Before High-Stakes Vote
Traders of Japanese stocks saw transaction volumes shrinking in the run-up to this weekend's potentially disruptive upper house election.
Turnover on the benchmark Topix index this week was below its 52-week average, while today's Tokyo Stock Exchange volume was 2.2% lower than the 5-day average at the same time of day, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
