The Japan share market finished lower on Thursday, 09 June 2016, as selloff was triggered by a strengthening yen and gloomy Japanese machine order data for April. The 225-issue Nikkei average advanced 162.51 points, or 0.97%, to end at 16668.41. The Topix index of all first-section issues dropped 13.56 points, or 1%, to 1337.41. Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1298 to 562 and 137 ended unchanged. The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.64% to 26.66.
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