Tokyo shares end sharply lower by break
Xinhua, January 18, 2016 Adjust font size:
Tokyo shares lost ground by ending the morning session on trading Monday following weak U.S. economic data and poor performance on Wall Street last week, with its benchmark Nikkei index plunging over 400 points briefly.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average tumbled 333.01 points, or 1.94 percent, from Friday to 16,814.10.
The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was down 25.80 points, or 1.84 percent, to 1,376.65. Enditem