Tokyo: Stocks plunge on variant fears

[TOKYO] Tokyo stocks ended sharply lower on Friday (Nov 26), falling over 3 per cent at one point, as news of a heavily mutated Covid-19 variant spooked investors and strengthened the safe haven yen.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index managed to trim losses in late trade and ended down 2.53 per cent or 747.66 points to 28,751.62. The broader Topix index slipped 2.01 per cent or 40.71 points to 1,984.98.

AFP