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Tokyo's Nikkei closes lower over coronavirus worries

Benchmark index down 0.22%

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 04 Dec 2020 3:00PM

Tokyo's Nikkei closes lower over coronavirus worries
Investors currently await a press conference by Japan's prime minister and US data later in the day. – AFP pic, December 4, 2020

TOKYO – Tokyo's key Nikkei index closed lower today, pushed down by worries over coronavirus vaccine distribution, as investors awaited a press conference by Japan's prime minister and US data later in the day.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was down 0.22% or 58.13 points to end at 26,751.24, while the broader Topix index inched up 0.04% or 0.69 points to 1,775.94. – AFP, December 4, 2020

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