Market Gauge: Points and Job Data

market gauge: On Friday, the key market gauge lost 126.29 points, according to The Japan Times. On the other hand, the Topix, which includes all first-section issues, closed up 0.79 point, or 0.05 percent, at 1,570.21, after falling 9.00 points the previous trading day. The Nikkei 225 average shed 4.27 points, or 0.02 percent, to end at 19,682.57. Buying outpaced selling for most of the day, but the market's topside was capped by a wait-and-see mood ahead of the U.S. government's announcement of closely watched job data scheduled for Friday, brokers said. Trading was quiet in the absence of foreign investors, said Yutaka Miura, senior technical analyst at Mizuho Securities Co. Due to the lack of vigor, the Nikkei average gave up its early gains and sank into negative territory just before the day's closing, according to the brokers. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.