Nikkei ends 0.23% down from 8-month high

Japanese share market finished the session down on Tuesday, 16 September 2014, as investors booked profit made in recent sessions after weaker-than-expected U.S. and Chinese factory output data and on expectation that the U.S. Federal Reserve would signal a sooner-than-expected increase in interest rates at its meeting this week. The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange, which hit a fresh eight-month high on Friday, ended down 0.23%, or 36.76 points, at 15,911.53, while the Topix index of all first-section shares fell 0.22%, or 2.86 points, to 1,310.86. Japanese markets were closed Monday for a national holiday.

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