Nikkei ends 0.37% down

The Japan share market finished first trading session of a new week with sour note on Monday, 06 June 2016, hurt by yen appreciation to below 107 level against greenback after weaker-than-expected U.S. government jobs data for May receding expectations of an early interest rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve. The 225-issue Nikkei average slumped 62.20 points, or 0.37%, to end at 16,580.03. The Topix index of all first-section issues lost 4.80 points, or 0.36%, to 1,332.43. Falling issues outnumbered rising ones 1,233 to 595 in the TSE's first section, while 128 issues were unchanged. Volume increased to 1.870 billion shares from Friday's 1.670 billion shares.

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