東京株、一時１１００円超上昇　日銀副総裁発言で一転、買い戻し―円下落、１４７円台半ば

　７日午前の東京株式市場は幅広い銘柄が売られて始まったものの、日銀の内田真一副総裁が講演で追加利上げに慎重な姿勢を示したことから買い戻しの動きが広がり、日経平均株価は一時、前日比１１００円超上昇した。日銀の利上げに前向きな姿勢が最近の「円高・株安」につながっていたが、内田氏の発言を機に相場の流れが変わった。午前の終値は７８９円１５銭高の３万５４６４円６１銭。
　東京外国為替市場では、内田氏の講演を受けて円相場が一時、１ドル＝１４７円台半ばまで大幅に下落した。正午現在は１ドル＝１４６円８３～８４銭と前日比１円５４銭の円安・ドル高。
　日経平均は取引開始直後、前日に急上昇した反動で利益確定の売りに押され、９００円超下落した。しかし、内田氏が「金融資本市場が不安定な状況で利上げすることはない」と発言したことが伝わると、過度な利上げ観測が後退。市場関係者は「金融市場への配慮を感じさせる内容で安心感につながった」（中堅証券）と指摘した。（2024/08/07-12:18）

Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average wiped out its substantial early loss to end higher Wednesday, after the previous day's historic gain, thanks to buying spurred by remarks by a senior Bank of Japan official showing a cautious stance about a further interest rate hike.
   The key index finished Wednesday's session at 35,089.62, up 414.16 points, or 1.19 pct, from Tuesday. The Nikkei average has been showing tumultuous moves this week, enjoying its biggest one-day point rise ever Tuesday after suffering a record drop just the day before.
   The Nikkei plummeted more than 900 points in early Wednesday trading, on profit-taking after its gain of some 3,210 points Tuesday, which followed a loss of about 4,450 points Monday.
   But buying on the Tokyo stock market picked up pace later in the morning after BOJ Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida said in a speech on the day said that the central bank "will not raise its policy interest rate when financial and capital markets are unstable." The Nikkei briefly rose over 1,100 points in the morning.