Amateurs pile into Asian stock markets
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An electronic board displaying share prices of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo. In Japan, where retail investors are less of a force, individuals' share of trading volume jumped during the Covid-19 state of emergency and, more surprisingly, has stayed consistent even as workers have returned to the office.
PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
TOKYO • The can't-miss rise of equity markets around Asia is fuelling the explosion of interest among retail investors in the region, mirroring their exuberance worldwide.
Millions of investors who had never so much as opened a trading account before have been piling into the market.
