Nikkei falls in thin trade on caution over earnings

Tensions in Ukraine keeps invetsors away

Reuters Tokyo
Last Updated : Apr 22 2014 | 1:21 PM IST
Tokyo shares dropped on Tuesday, unable to maintain earlier gains, on caution over upcoming Japanese corporate earnings reports and tensions in Ukraine.

The Nikkei average closed down 0.9% at 14,388.77, after rising as much as 0.6% earlier. The broader Topix fell 0.8% to 1,162.50, though trading volume was the second lowest so far this year.

The new JPX-Nikkei Index 400 shed 0.7% to 10,579.99.

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First Published: Apr 22 2014 | 12:34 PM IST

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