Japan Stocks closed mixed

The Japan share market finished session mixed on Thursday, 21 December 2017, as risk sentiments weighed down by tracking a fall on Wall Street overnight, while selective buying of individual issue helped to capped losses. Traders were unmoved by the Bank of Japan's decision to keep its ultra-loose monetary policy in place. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index dropped 0.11 percent, or 25.62 points, to 22,866.10 but the broader Topix index was up 0.08 percent, or 1.45 points, at 1,822.61. Rising issues outnumbered falling ones 1,224 to 742 in the TSE's first section, while 96 issues were unchanged. Volume fell to 1.45 billion shares from Wednesday's 1.66 billion shares.

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