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Tokyo stocks close lower on firm yen, risk off mood after attack in Russia

Xinhua, April 4, 2017 Adjust font size:

Tokyo stocks closed lower Tuesday, with the benchmark Nikkei index ending at a two-and-a-half month low, as a comparatively firm yen zapped investor sentiment already adverse following a suspected terrorist attack in Russia a day earlier.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 172.98 points, or 0.91 percent, from Monday to end the day at 18,810.25, marking its lowest close since Jan. 24.

The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, meanwhile, lost 12.49 points, or 0.82 percent, lower at 1,504.54.

Issues that declined the most by the close of play comprised transportation, nonferrous metal and securities-linked stocks and declining issues outpaced advancing ones by 1,620 to 325 on the First Section.

Trading volume came to 2,260.50 million shares on Tuesday on the main section, rising from Monday's volume of 2,015.02 million.

The day's turnover totaled 2,574 billion yen (23.30 billion U.S. dollars). Endit