Topix Index: Points and Market Gauge

topix index: On Tuesday, the key market gauge lost 50.01 points, according to The Japan Times. The Topix index of all first-section issues ended down 15.56 points, or 1.04 percent, at 1,479.54, after falling 4.55 points the previous day. The 225-issue Nikkei average dived 195.26 points, or 1.04 percent, to close at 18,552.61, hitting its lowest finish since Dec. 7 last year. Stocks met with selling almost across the board from the outset of Wednesday's trading, after U.S. equities fell overnight with investors' risk appetite dissipated by U.S. President Donald Trump's tweet suggesting the possibility of a unilateral action against North Korea as well as by speculation about Trump's additional strike against Syria, brokers said. The market resisted further falls in the afternoon but stayed deep in negative territory. Amid the spreading risk-averse sentiment, the dollar dropped to five-month lows below 110, pushing down the key Nikkei average by more than 280 points in the morning session, they said. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.