Nikkei falls 0.28% on strong yen

The Japan share market finished session down on Thursday, 14 December 2017, dragged down by profit booking induced by stronger yen as investors shifted their focus to the US tax cut plan after digesting the latest US rate hike. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 0.28%, or 63.62 points, to close at 22,694.45, while the broader Topix index was down 0.15%, or 2.70 points, at 1,808.14. On the main section on Thursday, 1,666.82 million shares changed hands, dropping from Wednesday's volume of 1,900.54 million shares.The turnover on the penultimate trading day of the week totaled 2,659.3 billion yen.

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