While the downtrend in Tokyo share prices continued unabated in recent months, a growing number of individual investors stepped up purchases over the Internet.
The continued volatility of the Tokyo market sent a broad array of stocks down to attractive price levels, enticing individual investors back into the market in search of potential gains.
Buy orders handled by Matsui Securities Co. over the Internet so far this year totaled 1.25 trillion yen, 70 billion yen more than sell orders.