Japanese share market finished the volatile trading session sharply lower on Tuesday, 25 August 2015, as fears about China's economy continued to spook investors. Tuesday's see-saw trading followed a brutal Monday session in which the Nikkei225 index posted the biggest daily drop in more than two years. Almost all TSE industry groups declined, with shares of steel & nonferrous metals, commercial & wholesale trade, transportation & logistics, automobiles & transportation equipment, and utilities companies being hardest hit. The Nikkei Stock Average tumbled 733.98 points, or 3.96%, to end at 17806.70 points, its sixth straight losing session and the lowest level since Feb. 10, after briefly clawing back into positive territory by the midday break. Tuesday's drop followed a 4.6% fall on Monday. The Nikkei has lost 13 per cent in the past six sessions. The broader Topix index of all first-section shares also zig-zagged between positive and negative territory, ending down 3.26 per cent or 48.22 points at 1,432.65.
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