Japan stocks decline for third day

Japan share market finished the session marginal lower on Wednesday, 09 July 2014, as weakness on Wall Street overnight and the dollar's decline invited profit-taking for the third straight session. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index slipped 0.08%, or 11.76 points, to finish at 15,302.65, while the Topix index of all first-section issues ended down 0.38%, or 4.88 points, at 1,270.82.

In foreign exchange trade, the dollar fetched 101.59 yen on Wednesday against 101.57 yen in New York.

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