Tokyo: Stocks close lower ahead of virus state of emergency
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[TOKYO] Tokyo stocks closed lower Friday ahead of a new virus state of emergency that Japan is set to declare for the capital and other parts of the country.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 0.57 per cent or 167.54 points to end at 29,020.63, while the broader Topix index slipped 0.39 per cent or 7.52 points to 1,914.98.
AFP
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